Cook County Jail - Unofficial

04/17/2022

Two Cook County judges suggested bumpy, possibly long roads ahead as Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx tries to get them to reduce the sentences of a convicted home invader and a serial burglar.

04/16/2022

The state's new "resentencing" law, which might put three serial offenders back on the street early this week, is unconstitutional, a 27-year veteran prosecutor says.

04/15/2022

Prosecutors in Illinois will not file charges against the Chicago police officers who fatally shot Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez on separate occasions in 2021, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced Tuesday.

04/14/2022

SPRINGFIELD — A backlog of cases before the Illinois Office of the State Appellate Defender that the agency’s leader once described as a “crisis in the criminal justice system” has

04/13/2022

In the continuing saga of the largest scandal in Chicago Police Department history, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office dug in Tuesday on the convictions of nearly 40 individuals who said they were framed by corrupt Sgt. Ronald Watts and the officers he supervised at the former Ida B. Well...

04/12/2022

This is a fantastic precedent set by the First District Appellate Court. It allows for those appealing their convictions to stay their prison sentence if their sentence would be complete before the Court could rule on their appeal.

Actor Jussie Smollett walked out of the Cook County Jail on Wednesday night after an Illinois appeals court ruled that he should be released on bond pending the outcome of the appeal of the guilty verdict in his case, and his attorneys praised the decision and said it was a victory for the American....

04/11/2022

This policy seems so watered-down that the police can just keep chasing people like they did before.

Whatever the final policy is, it will provide the first official, completed guidelines for Chicago police officers who engage in foot pursuits.

04/10/2022

SPRINGFIELD — Chicago attorney Alan Mills has a client on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board’s clemency docket in April. His hearing has been indefinitely postponed because there is no longer

04/09/2022

A bill that calls on providing juveniles in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections to be allowed to remote learn has passed the Senate. “I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the Senate for supporting this legislation today. This removes a systemic barrier for yout...

04/08/2022

Astarte Washington was injured as police responded to unrest in Roseland after the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

04/07/2022

75% of felony cases must be closed in 18 months, and 98% by 30 months.

Illinois Supreme Court Announces Time Standards for Case Closure in Trial Courts The Illinois Supreme Court announced today a new order which for the first time establishes Time Standards for Case Closure in the Illinois Trial Courts (Time Standards), effective July 1, 2022, for cases filed on or af...

04/06/2022

Larry Frazier, now 63, is the first convicted felon in Illinois to be recommended for a shorter sentence under a new state law.