Article: New Study of Women Detained in Cook County Jail Released: Study Indicates Need For Alternatives To Incarceration

Article: 2 Cook County Jail officers in trouble after ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 28, 2003 ;     634 words ... ... being leveled at the Cook County sheriff's office. Two off-duty Cook County Jail correctional officers ... Cunningham, a spokesman for Cook County Sheriff Michael Sheahan ... veteran assigned to the county jail. The other officer ...

Article: Report: 'Unconstitutional' conditions at Cook ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... up visit for the soon-to-be Cook County prisoner. Allen never made it back. Cook County Jail failed to take him to the hospital ... it lies the problem, retorted Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. The anecdotal ...

Article: Syphilis Screening Among Women Arrestees at the Cook ...
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  June 5, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Cook County (Chicago) Department of Corrections (i.e., Cook County Jail [CCJ]) is one of the largest jail systems in the United States, with a daily census of approximately 10,000 arrestees. CCJ contracts with Cermak Health Services ...

Article: Jackson, Meeks, Kelly rock Cook County jail
Chicago Defender;  December 27, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Jackson, Meeks, Kelly rock Cook County jail In a spiritual gathering at Cook County Jail, the Revs. Jesse L. Jackson Sr ... crime. Asked how did his visit to the Cook County Jail change his life especially since he was ...

Article: Jailed in red tape Cook County jail won't ...
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 ...

Article: Legal Organizations Call State's Attorney to Investigate Beating ...
U.S. Newswire;  August 7, 2003 ;     559 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: Activists march on Cook County Jail; protest ...
Chicago Defender;  March 11, 2003 ;     700+ 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 ...