Derek Rucker, 37, had a string of arrests similar to those of men in a Chicago Sun-Times series about mentally ill people who ...
A Blue Island man featured in “Loop puncher” videos that went viral on social media has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for crimes related to the attacks, Cook County court records ...
The 45-year-old victim had no previous convictions and was only remanded in custody for a period of days before the incident ...
A PRISONER who bit off his cell mate’s left ear during a psychotic episode in Cork Prison has received a four year prison ...
An inmate at Cork Prison who suffered a psychotic episode and bit off his cellmate’s ear has been jailed for four years.
The trial, which lasted about a week, will decide the fate of the three men charged after a mentally ill man died after being ...
The bill would provide case management, medication for behavioral health therapy and, upon prison release, a 30-day supply of prescription medication.
A judge ordered that 36-year-old Kevin Giome, who is accused of a fatal stabbing in NKY, be involuntarily held at a ...
Behind bars I watched men beg for help and get turned away because they lacked a formal diagnosis before incarceration.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon examines how our fixation on crime capitalizes on ...