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The most recent comprehensive report on Cook County Jail inmate mortality rates, published in 2007 in the Journal of Urban Health, found that from 1995 to 2004, 178 inmates died in the jail, an ...
CHICAGO — The family of an inmate brutalized inside Cook County Jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Office.Attorneys representing the family of Johnny Hendrix, beaten ...
A detainee at the Cook County Jail died by suicide Thursday morning, according to officials. Correctional officers discovered Thomas Pfost unresponsive at 2:12 a.m. Thursday, said Cook County ...
Sources: Cook County Sheriff's Office Jewell Stillwell Oliver Jr. Natural Causes / Medical Emergency Died within 306 days of arrest or booking Oliver was being held for alleged aggravated kidnapping, alleged aggravated robbery and alleged felony battery on a law enforcement officer, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.
Jail Diversion and Crime Prevention Division was designed to make the Cook County Sheriff's Office more useful and accessible to residents. It operates many vital preventive and educational programs that municipalities, schools and average citizens can take advantage of free of charge.
Prisoners sentenced to death by Illinois (1 C, 21 P) E. People executed by Illinois ... Cook County Jail; D. Dwight Correctional Center; I. Illinois Death Penalty ...
A 32-year-old inmate at the Cook County Jail has died after suffering an apparent medical emergency.
The song "My Long Walk to Jail" on Filter's 2002 album The Amalgamut includes a sample of an incoming call from Cook County Jail. The Cook County Prison was referenced to by Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) in the film The Blues Brothers as serving oatmeal to inmates. The Cook County Prison is where Bigger Thomas is held, in Richard Wright's Native Son.