Man who allegedly punished children for eating charged in Lewis County
A man has been charged after children were found in a home with no heat or electric in Lewis County. On Feb. 4, officers with ...
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Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over sanctuary status
JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County Board President Toni ... custody of individuals being detained at the Cook County Jail.” Trump, who has long used Chicago as a ...
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The Story Of Ted Bundy, ‘The Very Definition Of Heartless Evil’
In June 1977, Bundy was transported from the Garfield County Jail in Glenwood Springs to the Pitkin County ... Ted Bundy was finally executed by electric chair on January 24, 1989. Hundreds of people ...
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Champaign County Jail begins tracking, reporting use of restraint chairs to state
The Champaign County Jail updated the way it documents, tracks and reports use of restraint chairs after an Illinois Answers ...
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Five apply for Luzerne County election board chair position
Five Luzerne County residents applied for the open position of county election board chairperson by the deadline of 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to Election Director Emily Cook. They are ...
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Bureau County committee tables Cook County inmate deal to fine tune details
A Bureau County Board committee tabled consideration of an intergovernmental agreement to accept jail inmate transfers from ...
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People were strapped to chairs for hours, days at Madison County Jail. Many were mentally ill or in withdrawal.
EDWARDSVILLE — Samantha Slecka spent the better part of three days strapped down to a chair in Madison County Jail in the summer of 2022. It was the same jail where her fiancé had attempted suicide ...
Will County nonprofit works to provide GED training and testing in jail
The Will County Center for Correctional Concerns provides free GED tests for detainees at the jail, but needs donations.