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4 Apr 2012, 12:22 pm
“The Cook County Board on Tuesday agreed to pay more than $1 million in taxpayer money to settle a federal lawsuit brought by female County Jail inmates who said their civil rights were violated during repeated weekend lockdowns at the massive detention facility. [read post]
5 Jun 2017, 10:03 am
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is in charge of running Cook County Jail, the largest single-site jail in the United States. [read post]
29 Jul 2017, 8:17 am
The overcrowding problem at Cook County Jail is causing a major strain on Cook County’s limited budget resources. [read post]
22 May 2015, 9:19 am
The Cook County Jail in Chicago is one of the largest county jails in the United States, holding up to 9,000 inmates on any given day. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 7:00 am
Cook County, Illinois, which includes the city of Chicago, is home to one of the country's largest jails. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 3:51 pm
This Cook County judge has now jailed spectators for direct contempt during at least three of Van Dyke hearings. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 3:51 pm
This Cook County judge has now jailed spectators for direct contempt during at least three of Van Dyke hearings. [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
In fact, in 2018, approximately 10,000 fewer people were incarcerated in the Cook County jail thanks to the decreased use of cash bail. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 2:00 am
Chief Cook County Circuit Court Judge Timothy C. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 3:26 pm
Don Babwin writes for the Associated Press: The release of more than 40 suspected undocumented immigrants jailed in Cook County on felonies has added fuel to a contentious debate over public safety and local authorities' defiance of a White House... [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 12:16 pm
A cook working at the Flagler County, Florida jail was arrested for allegedly bringing drugs such as Oxycontin into the jail and giving them to inmates, according to an article on Firstcoastnews.com. [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 1:10 pm
The New York Times reports that Chicago's notorious Cook County Jail is now the largest source of the coronavirus in the U.S -- there are more cases at the jail (387) than there were in New Rochelle or on the USS Theodore Roosevelt or in the... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
9 Oct 2008, 4:19 pm
A civil lawsuit was filed last month in Cook County against the county seeking damages for the family of Nicholas Grossi, 25, of Addision, who committed suicide in the Cook County jail. [read post]
10 May 2017, 6:32 am
Earlier this year, I wrote about a great prisoner re-entry program http://www.lorilevinlaw.com/blog/local-chef-cooks-up-detainee-re-entry-program/ where Chef Bruno Abate is teaching Cook County Jail inmates how to cook. [read post]
27 May 2015, 3:19 pm
The Illinois Senate unanimously passed a bill that would move petty, non-violent offenders out of the Cook County jail system on an expedited basis. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 8:22 am
Harris County, now the third largest local jail system in the country (passing Chicago's Cook County a few years back), is one of six county jails in the United States to reduce its overall inmate population by more than 1,000 prisoners last year, which marked the second year running that the overall national county jail population declined. [read post]
17 Aug 2015, 9:55 pm
” A few weeks ago, Cook County (Chicago) announced that the new head of the Cook County Jail is Nneka Jones Tapia, a clinical psychologist, … Continue reading Jailing the Mentally Ill → [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 3:37 pm
If convicted, the cook faces up to six months in the county jail and fines of up to $2,000 per incident. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 6:23 am
Sheriff of Cook County, 2007 U.S. [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 11:53 am
Cook and Aurelius were both booked into a Palm Beach County jail on charges of child abuse. [read post]
