Article: Probe Finds Abuses in Illinois Jail

Article: $4.5 mil 'message' to County Jail
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 14, 2007 ;     252 words ......federal jury slapped Cook County with a $4.5 million verdict...meningitis death in the County Jail was the fault of jail...being locked up in the Cook County Jail. There was testimony...need to change at the Cook County Jail."

Article: Cook County obligated to cut off jail telephone scam
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  November 10, 2004 ;     254 words ......that has been operating out of Cook County Jail since at least September. First, they're getting taken by Cook County Jail inmates who have figured out...people are being victimized by Cook County Jail officials who apparently are...

Article: 'Why did my brother die?' Witness demands answer from Sheriff Sheahan during Cook County Board hearings on jail beatings
Chicago Defender;  March 13, 2003 ;     640 words ......on Death Row, said he was in Cook County Jail from 1986 to 1990. There, he...torture that's been going on in Cook County Jail probably from the first time...line, the intake line at the Cook County Jail without getting your brains...

Article: Jackson, Meeks, Kelly rock Cook County jail
Chicago Defender;  December 27, 1999 ;     502 words ...Jackson, Meeks, Kelly rock Cook County jail In a spiritual gathering at Cook County Jail, the Revs. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., James...crime. Asked how did his visit to the Cook County Jail change his life especially since he was...

Article: Cook County to probe jail death
Chicago Defender;  March 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ......and are putting them at the Cook County Jail. When you have overcrowdness...Anybody who is housed at the Cook County Jail who could be a parole violator...they have been remanded to Cook County Jail by a judge so that they can...

Article: Activists march on Cook County Jail; protest prison beatings
Chicago Defender;  March 11, 2003 ;     594 words ......Monday marched outside of the Cook County Jail demanding an end ??? the beatings...corrections officers. However, Cook County Jail guards say the media attention...institution of brutality at the Cook County Jail by allowing it to go on," said...

Article: Jailed in red tape Cook County jail won't let go of inmates - even when it should, several prisoners contend.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......of at least four people suing Cook County jail for separate incidents in the...watchdog group that monitors Cook County jail, thinks the jail needs to keep...thing to keep in mind with all Cook County jail inmates is that you don't get...

Article: Dart wins Democratic spot for Cook County sheriff.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 22, 2006 ;     231 words ......Democratic nominee for Cook County sheriff. Dart will...investigator in the Cook County state's attorney's...wanted to stop busing Cook County jail inmates to the branch...defendants from the Cook County jail with the courtrooms...Remus worked in the ...

Article: Winston Moore, county jail warden 1st African American to run a U.S. prison took over in 1968
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 22, 2002 ;     504 words ......graffiti scrawled on the walls of Cook County Jail. He handed a paintbrush to Black...stopped. Mr. Moore, who ran Cook County Jail for a tumultuous nine years...Mr. Moore was named warden of Cook County Jail in 1968 by Sheriff Joseph Woods...

Article: County Jail ships off troublemakers
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  June 30, 2008 ;     420 words ......relieve crowding. The Cook County jail population is averaging...County inmates, 39 Cook County inmates and 14 U.S...inmates in the Jefferson County jail. Jefferson County officials...Only troublemakers at Cook County Jail are shipped to other...

Article: Court threatens to step in to increase County Jail guards
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 25, 2004 ;     397 words ......guards are coming to the Cook County Jail. The only questions remaining...many and what it will cost Cook County taxpayers. U.S. District...Adequate staffing at the Cook County Jail is not a discretionary matter...up almost $400 million of Cook County's ...

Article: Legal Organizations Call State's Attorney to Investigate Beating of Inmates at Cook County Jail; Incident Involved as Many as 50 Guards
U.S. Newswire;  August 7, 2003 ;     357 words ......beating of seven inmates at Cook County Jail by guards and supervisors on...intimidation against prisoners at Cook County Jail," said Jean Maclean Snyder...incident on July 29, 2000, when Cook County Jail guards beat four inmates so...

Article: New Study of Women Detained in Cook County Jail Released: Study Indicates Need For Alternatives To Incarceration
U.S. Newswire;  April 20, 2002 ;     177 words ......OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: A Survey of Women in Cook County Jail (A survey of 235 women detained in Cook County Jail, by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless...When: Press Conference: Division 3, Cook County Jail 2600 South California Sunday, April...

Article: County jail guard loses job
Palatine Countryside (IL);  July 22, 2004 ;     141 words ...The Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board decided...Wilson's employment as a Cook County Jail guard in connection with...self-defense. In December, a Cook County judge found Wilson not...a spokeswoman for the Cook County sheriff, said the sheriff...Daly said Wilson ...