Cook County jail

Willie Wilson is giving Cook County Jail inmates something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. The former Chicago Mayoral candidate and businessman is raising over $100,000 for a massive bailout of Cook County Jail inmates charged with misdemeanors in his Thanksgiving Day Bailout Project. The Dr. Willie Wilson Foundation has already committed $50,000 to […]

Court Case Reveals Sadistic Perpetrator By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer According to media reports, Chicago police have arrested Dwight Boone-Doty and charged him…

It’s been nearly six years since Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle took over the Executive Chief seat of the largest county in the Midwest…

Serious concerns of things going on behind the walls of the Cook County jail have been brought to the Defender’s attention. These concerns lay not…

In Chicago, along the Dan Ryan and Kennedy expressways, it is normal to be greeted by the homeless holding up signs for help. Many have…