COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — It’s an ongoing problem at Cook County Jail. Officials say inmates continue to sexually harass female workers, despite repeated attempts to stop and even punish the behavior.

“Thinking.” “Feeling.” “Actions.” The words are written on a white board in a classroom at J. Reuben Long Detention Center Wednesday morning. A small group of women are gathered there, laughing, and ...

FARGO - Cass County prosecutors have charged five jail inmates here in a drug smuggling operation that brought methamphetamines and illicit prescription narcotics into the jail for trade among inmates ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A pair of class-action lawsuits filed recently against the sheriff’s office in Cook ...