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Fatoumata Balde, sister of Mamadou Balde, holds a cellphone showing an image of her brother as a Marine.

Bail denied for second suspect charged with Red Line attack that killed former Marine

April 17, 2020 at 1:51 p.m.

A Humboldt Park man was held without bail Friday on charges he attacked a former Marine who was shoved between Red Line train cars and dragged to his death earlier...

Protesters drive in a caravan in front of Cook County Jail calling for the release of detainees in state facilities on April 7, 2020.

Cook County Jail inmates begin refusing food over COVID-19, sheriff forwards their petition for better treatment to judge

April 16, 2020 at 2:24 p.m.

Cook County Jail detainees worried their tiers will be overtaken by COVID-19 have started refusing regular food and demanding better conditions, the Tribune has learned, a development sheriff's officials are...

Video shows attack on Cook County Jail guards by detainees that left 3 officers injured, 1 hospitalized

April 15, 2020 at 9:09 a.m.

An attack in a maximum-security division of the Cook County Jail early Tuesday left one guard in the hospital and two others injured, according to the sheriff's office. Criminal charges...

Warren Pendleton, whose brother Jeffrey was the first detainee at Cook County Jail to die as a result of COVID-19, is shown outside his home in Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood, April 10, 2020.

Second inmate at Cook County Jail dies of COVID-19, and the family of the first files lawsuit

April 10, 2020 at 8:56 p.m.

A second Cook County Jail detainee has died after testing positive for COVID-19, authorities confirmed. Leslie Pieroni, 51, a convicted sex offender, had been hospitalized since April 3 and died...

Nicole Loye, on April 6, 2020, at her Chicago home. Loye is the sister of Wayne Antusas, who is in prison, charged in a 1995 double murder.

Inmates with ongoing innocence claims sit in prisons threatened by coronavirus as courts shut down

April 8, 2020 at 1:10 p.m.

Inmates Wayne Antusas and Nicholas Morfin have been approaching a potential turning point in their criminal cases — a chance to go before judges and argue their innocence in a...

A room at the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Center on Oct. 15, 2013.

Positive COVID-19 test for youth at juvenile detention center sparks alarm among lawyers and advocates

April 7, 2020 at 6:29 p.m.

Attorneys were expected to seek more hearings this week on behalf of youths housed in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in the wake of the troubling news that...

Sheriff defends attempts to curb coronavirus at Cook County Jail as judge mulls lawsuit seeking releases

April 7, 2020 at 5:57 p.m.

Lawyers for Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart on Tuesday vigorously defended his handling of a coronavirus outbreak at the county jail, telling a federal judge that a lawsuit seeking the...

R. Kelly turns himself in at 1st District police headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2019.

Judge in New York says R. Kelly must stay behind bars despite coronavirus threat

April 7, 2020 at 1:17 p.m.

The threat of COVID-19 behind bars is not enough to release R. Kelly from federal custody to await trial, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday. "While I am sympathetic...

Members of the New Life Community Church carry a cross in a truck past the Cook County Jail in the Little Village neighborhood Sunday April 5, 2020 in Chicago. A caravan of over a dozen cars followed the tuck to pray for those inside the jail. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Cook County Jail detainee dies of COVID-19

April 7, 2020 at 8:18 a.m.

A 59-year-old detainee of the Cook County Jail died Sunday, likely due to complications of COVID-19, according to the sheriff's office. It is believed to be the first such death...

Pritzker signs executive order allowing medical furloughs for IDOC inmates vulnerable to coronavirus

April 6, 2020 at 6:19 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has expanded eligibility for inmates' medical furloughs in hopes of minimizing the spread of COVID-19 in state prisons. Under an executive order signed Monday, the Illinois Department...

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