Five Lake County inmates housed in the McHenry County jail are facing charges in connection with a jail fight that left three other inmates injured. Felix E. Guadarrama, 30, of Waukegan; Javier ...

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.

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...