Jerome Combs Detention Center

The Kankakee County sheriff wants fingerprint scanning technology added to his jail's security systems following an April 1 inmate escape.The new system…

The Kankakee County sheriff says documents showing staff conducted a count of inmates at lockdown time were falsified the night that a detainee attacked a…

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…

Authorities say they've found a 15-year-old girl who they had thought to be in the company of convicted murderer who escaped from jail.Illinois State…

Investigators have found the SUV used by a convicted murderer to flee from a jail in eastern Illinois. But so far there is no sign of 23-year-old Kamron…