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Winnebago County’s Sheriff dropped the idea Thursday of allowing the federal government to house immigration detainees in his jail. Gary Caruana said...
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U.S. prisons are experimenting with a high-priced monthly injection that could help addicted inmates stay off opioids after they are released. It's called…
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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is releasing videos of inmates attacking deputies at the jail he oversees following his release of other videos showing…
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The state of Illinois hasn’t had a budget for six months. For many of us, it’s a political debate and not much more. But for some Illinois kids, the…
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The Illinois village where a police officer staged his suicide to look like a homicide has disciplined three other officers for a jailhouse altercation…
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BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Thousands of inmates at prisons and jails across Illinois will receive care packages assembled by members of a Barrington church…
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Top officials say they're encouraged by the falling numbers of people held in the Cook County Jail but say far too many people remain locked up for months…
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A sheriff overseeing the manhunt for an Illinois murder convict is linking his escape to recent budget and staffing cuts at the jail where he was awaiting…
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Peoria County is looking to consolidate eight separate health services between the Jail and Juvenile Detention Center under one provider. Peoria Public…
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An Illinois lawmaker wants to reduce penalties for lower-level crimes, in exchange for increasing penalties on more serious offenses. The move could lower…