Content warning: This article contains mentions of death and gun violence.
Monday was the deadline for Illinois residents to register semi-automatic weapons, high-capacity magazines and other devices...
The nation’s largest known source of coronavirus infections lies around 25 miles from Northwestern’s Evanston campus.
As of Saturday evening, 304 inmates at Cook County Jail have tested positive...
On Feb. 22, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart issued a letter to Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle claiming that the recent increase in electronic monitoring programming for local defendants awaiting...
Lawyers filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of two men currently imprisoned in the Cook County jail against Sheriff Thomas Dart and several judges over “excessive” bail.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs...
Northwestern lawyers presented closing arguments last week in a suit they filed against Cook County officials over conditions at the county’s jail, where they allege “a culture of brutality and lawlessness” exists...
