The McHenry County Jail is now housing 150 Lake County Jail inmates following a recently-entered agreement with the two facilities due to an ongoing severe staffing shortage. Lake County Sheriff ...

- A Lake County Jail inmate died after he was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday night. The 53-year-old Zion man was remanded to the Lake County Jail on Monday for a drug-related charge.

Wasmer requested a budget transfer of $265,000 within the jail budget from the Lake County Council Tuesday. Of that, $200,000 was transferred into the health care and lab supplies budget item.

The Lake County jail population stood at 513 inmates on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said. About 100 inmates will be transferred initially to McHenry County, he said.

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A staffing crisis at the Lake County, Illinois, jail means some inmates will be transferred to another facility. Up to 150 inmates will be temporarily housed at the ...

A Lake County judge increased Ayala's bail from $50,000 to $250,000, so he now would need to pay $25,000 to be released from jail pending trial.

The federal court in Missoula gave final approval Nov. 21 to a settlement between the inmates of Lake County jail and the detention facility’s administrators.

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