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.

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.

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 ...

The settlement mandates that Lake County build a 1,500-square-foot outdoor recreation area for inmates, as well as 960 square feet of additional inmate housing.

The Lake County Jail housed an average of 349 inmates per day in 2018, according to the annual report recently released by the Sheriff’s Office. Overall, the jail housed 10 more inmates than it ...

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. The class-action lawsuit settled ...

Lake County jail officials said 10 inmates are currently being quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19 in the last week. Doug T. Graham/dgraham@dailyhearld.com, October 2020 ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. - A violent incident at the Lake County Jail has led to new charges for an inmate who attacked a correctional officer during a routine check, authorities said.

Updated: 6:17 PM EDT Mar 18, 2020 To halt coronavirus, dozens of inmates being released from Lake County Jail Updated: 6:17 PM EDT Mar 18, 2020 ...

The dangerous and unsanitary conditions of the Lake County jail violate inmates' constitutional rights, a lawsuit filed by 38 of them alleged this week. The complaint filed in U.S. District Court ...