A Cook County corrections deputy who was already charged with drug-related offenses is now accused of allowing an inmate to ...

Two inmates at the Cook County Jail were sent to the hospital early Wednesday after a small fire in a maximum security division, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said.

Kelly was being held in a solo cell under 24-hour observation, which is jail protocol for high-profile inmates, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Department said.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is seeking attempted murder charges in an attack on two correctional deputies by three maximum security inmates that happened on Wednesday.

Kelly was being held in a solo cell under 24-hour observation, which is jail protocol for high-profile inmates, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Department said.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Cook County Jail inmates have the constitutional rights to access newspapers if they want them.

The melee went on for two minutes before the inmates were brought under control, video shows. A large fight is pictured in this video grab from a surveillance video at Cook County Jail.