CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Cook County chief judge toughened electronic monitoring protocols amid several high-profile cases, ...

Chief Judge Charles Beach had pledged to overhaul the county’s monitoring system following a high-profile arson attack on a ...

Weekends will see a 24-hour time limit on reporting violations for judicial review starting Feb. 7, and unauthorized absences have been reduced to three hours from the previous 48 hours.

A Cook County judge who made a controversial decision to release a man on electronic monitoring weeks before he killed his estranged wife is not hearing domestic violence cases because of threats he ...

The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny after a woman was set on fire in a horrific arson attack on the Blue Line, with critics demanding answers as to why ...

There’s been a resurgence in legislation on electronic monitoring devices in nursing homes, with 17 states actively figuring ...

Just over a month after Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring ...

The Cook County chief judge’s office has toughened protocols around its electronic monitoring program, making changes in the wake of high profile incidents and as the office’s monitored population ...

Cook County's chief judge said he's ordering a review of the troubled electronic monitoring program. The county's top prosecutor also discussed the program's challenges, namely who would be enforcing ...