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CHICAGO (AP) - An appeals court has breathed life back into a lawsuit alleging policies at Cook County Jail in Illinois that limit the number of books…
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A mix up at Cook County Jail led to the mistaken release of a man charged with threatening violence at gay bars in Chicago.Authorities say they're…
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The Cook County Jail is no longer under federal monitoring after a federal judge lifted a consent decree.A Department of Justice report in 2008 found the…
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Eight maximum security inmates at Cook County Jail in Chicago have been charged with aggravated arson after they allegedly set fire to their uniforms last…
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The wife of a Chicago police officer charged with murder after shooting a teen 16 times has been told she shouldn't train for a job working in the Cook…
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Officials say a brawl at the Cook County Jail left five inmates hospitalized with injuries that were apparently inflicted by makeshift weapons. Jail…
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A man who was accidently locked up in a Chicago jail for more than a day has been awarded a $600,000 settlement. Farad Polk was visiting his son at the…
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About 20 inmates and two correctional officers were injured in a series of fights at a jail in Chicago. Two officers and eight inmates at the Cook County…
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A newly filed lawsuit says thousands of poor, largely African-American inmates are being held improperly at the Cook County jail because they cannot…
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The sheriff who oversees one of the nation's most crowded jails has voluntarily released video showing half a dozen incidents of excessive force by…