Article: Indicted jail guard was fired in '96 ; Franklin man accused of assaulting inmate

Article: 2nd escape bid foiled at County Jail Lack of ID trips up inmate wearing shorts -- guard suspended
Chicago Sun-Times;  August 1, 2005 ;     374 words ......Rencher escaped from Cook County Jail by securing a guard uniform...street clothes, said Bill Cunningham, spokesman for the Cook County...others were asked for an ID, Cunningham said. That's common procedure...before guards yanked him down, Cunningham said. Now, aside from the...

Article: Suspensions urged for 2 who let murder suspect go Man sought in Mexico after county jail error
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 17, 2003 ;     318 words ......clerk working at the Cook County jail are facing disciplinary charges...unpaid suspension, said Bill Cunningham, a sheriff's spokesman. Alvarez...paperwork will go before the Cook County Jail executive director, who must...the request to free them, Cunningham said. "It's not going to ...

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 ......Cervantes is one of at least four people suing Cook County jail for separate incidents in the past few years...Association, a watchdog group that monitors Cook County jail, thinks the jail needs to keep working on the...said. One thing to keep in mind with all Cook County jail ...

Article: Search goes on for County Jail escapee
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 30, 2005 ;     223 words ......who escaped from the Cook County jail earlier this week, but no...investigation," said Bill Cunningham, a spokesman for the Cook...that day, authorities said. Cunningham said it's still not clear...left the complex Monday. And Cunningham said it's too early to say...

Article: Inmates sought in phone scam: Cook County Jail is seen as source of bills.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  January 20, 2006 ;     332 words ......Tonya Maxwell Jan. 20--Cook County Jail officials are investigating...is a phone scam, said Bill Cunningham, a spokesman for the Cook...victim that he is a Cook County sheriff's police officer...is hurt, he said. A Cook County Jail recording plays at least...inmate could be involved, ...

Article: County Jail guard charged with sexually abusing woman
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 11, 2006 ;     141 words ...A Cook County Jail guard was held on a $2,500...Sheriff office spokesman Bill Cunningham said. Martin, who maintains...Correctional Officer for five years, Cunningham said. He has been suspended without pay, Cunningham said. The 27-year-old woman...

Article: 2 inmates stabbed in County Jail row.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  April 3, 2006 ;     399 words ......fight Sunday morning in Cook County Jail, authorities said. The incident...California Avenue, said Bill Cunningham, a sheriff's spokesman. Two...apparently stabbed each other, Cunningham said. He did not know where...medical staff at the jail, Cunningham said. No jail personnel were...

Article: Teenage Cook County Jail inmate fatally stabbed by homemade knife
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 19, 2004 ;     189 words ......security tier of the Cook County Jail, and two other inmates were...since March 2002, said Bill Cunningham, a spokesman for the Cook...homemade knife or "shank," Cunningham said. The stabbing occurred...another inmate joined in, Cunningham said. The stabbing occurred...

Article: County jail brawl injures 6 inmates
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  December 30, 2007 ;     248 words ......rushed to hospitals from Cook County Jail on Saturday night after what...sheriff's police spokesman Bill Cunningham said. Jailers recovered four...authorities could intervene, Cunningham said. No jailers were injured...officer Thomas Cook in Harvey. Cunningham said the sheriff's internal...

Article: Cook County jail suit certified for class action.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  April 26, 2007 ;     484 words ......lawsuit against the Cook County jail, making it possibly the...allegations against Cook County jail. First, it alleges that...Sheriff's spokesman Bill Cunningham said U.S. District Judge...judge had his mind made up, Cunningham said. Cunningham said Cook County strip ...

Article: 2 Cook County Jail officers in trouble after man punched
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 28, 2003 ;     428 words ......Cook County sheriff's office. Two off-duty Cook County Jail correctional officers are accused of being involved...slightly different version of events, said Bill Cunningham, a spokesman for Cook County Sheriff Michael Sheahan. The dispute "started...at a tavern that spilled out into the ...

Article: BERGEN COUNTY JAIL
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 1, 2000 ;     426 words ......County, NJ) 01-01-2000 BERGEN COUNTY JAIL By MICHAEL CASEY Date: 01-01-...midnight, inmates at the Bergen County Jail greeted the new year as...of the new year. Desmond Cunningham, 19, of Hackensack stood...bail bondsman on the phone. Cunningham was arrested early Friday...cell on ...

Article: 6 escape from Cook County Jail: Incident occurs after inmate nabbed in Lyons.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  February 12, 2006 ;     566 words ......late Saturday from the Cook County Jail, and were being sought in...very dangerous, said Bill Cunningham, a spokesman for the sheriff...S. Harlem Ave., said Bill Cunningham. Two correctional officers...badges and guns--and suspended, Cunningham said. The officers still will...

Article: Lake County Jail: Why the suicides?\
Post-Tribune (IN);  May 20, 2007 ;     223 words ......report on curbing suicides at the Lake County Jail wasn't shown to the man in charge of...Crown Point, than in Chicago's Cook County Jail -- a place with 10 times the prisoner...done to stem the death toll in the Lake County jail? >READ JOHN BYRNE'S STORY ON THE JAIL...