This issue means that the department does not know what percentage of former inmates have committed new crimes after their ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The union representing the Cook County Sheriff's Office is demanding an investigation after a Department of Corrections deputy was beaten by an inmate at Cook County Jail. The ...

One of three former correctional officers involved in the alleged beating a restrained inmate at the state prison in Pinckneyville and trying to cover it up has pleaded guilty. Cord A. Williams, 35, ...