by Mike Pierga | Apr 16, 2019 | Press Release
A bill seeking to address assaults and public indecency against those working in correctional settings – including correctional officers, deputies, attorneys and civilians – passed the Illinois Senate with a vote of 57-0 last Thursday, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J....
by Mike Pierga | Dec 6, 2018 | Press Release
Two dogs that recently completed the Sheriff’s Tails of Redemption program at the Cook County Jail, are still looking for a forever home, Sheriff Dart announced today. Gilmore and Rochelle graduated from Tails of Redemption, in which the Sheriff’s Office partnered...
by Mike Pierga | Jun 15, 2018 | Press Release
A individual in custody has been charged after a Sheriff’s Office investigation found he attacked a Cook County Jail staff member, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9:40 a.m. on Thursday in Division 9, the super-maximum security facility,...
by Mike Pierga | May 22, 2018 | Press Release
Four individuals in custody have been indicted on multiple felony charges in connection with a robbery of another individual in custody, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9 p.m. on April 28, a individual in custody on Cook County...
by Mike Pierga | May 13, 2018 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A groundbreaking bill seeking to reduce the number of children born in custody to pre-trial individuals in custody in Illinois was unanimously passed out of the Illinois Senate Thursday and will be sent to the Governor for signature. House Bill 1464,...
