Jail

Homer Glen couple Alexa Balen and Edward Weiher are petitioning again for pretrial release in their child endangerment case following the death of the 2-year-old daughter. The hearing was continued until January.

Alejandro Lopez, 22, is being held in Cook County jail on three counts of burglary in connection to a series of burglaries in Joliet.

A fight at the Will County Adult Detention Center left one inmate hospitalized after he was beaten with a sock full of soap.

A nine-month investigation by the Illinois Answers Project found county jails in the state restrain people in chairs on average more than 1,000 times a year, often in ways that violate their own policies.

Early discussions by an Ogle County Board task force dedicated to ensuring the future financial stability of the county have centered around increasing landfill revenue and decreasing Ogle County Jail expenses, possibly by closing the jail.

A Kane County jail corrections officer interrupted a detainee's suicide attempt in January, saving the inmate's life.

Thomas J. Stickrath, chairperson of the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections, and David Haasenritter, director of standards and accreditation, American Correctional Association, recently announced the accreditation of the Lake County Adult Correctional Facility.

An ex-convict charged with attempting to sexually assault a woman last year in Joliet and attempting to escape from police now faces more charges of sexual assault in a new case filed in Will County.

Sister Vivian Whitehead was still serving through Center of Corrections Concerns within weeks of her death on Dec. 3 at the age of 95.

Former jail is located south of the historic Ogle County Courthouse in downtown Oregon.

Three inmates at the Will County jail have been charged with an attack on a fourth inmate that caused him to lose a tooth and suffer cuts to his face, police said.

Illinois will effectively end immigrant detention and further restrict local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities under a plan Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Monday.

Association: Sheriff’s Office Correctional Facility in Yorkville meets ‘practical up-to-date policies and procedures’

An investigation into the escape of an inmate from the Grundy County Jail has resulted in the resignations of three correctional officers.