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Posts tagged "Cook County jail"

Should Cook County hold inmates for immigration purposes ?

Should Cook County officials honor requests by the federal government to hold inmates for immigration purposes? County commissioners held a four-and-a-half hour hearing Thursday to determine whether to amend an ordinance, which was approved in September 2011, that allows Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to decline enforcing an immigration-hold request, also known as a “detainer,”... Read more »
By MariaZamudio,
February 10, 2012 at 12:38 pm
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Cook County opens new jail for pregnant inmates

The nation’s fastest growing prison population? Moms, according to a recent study–many of them expectant mothers. That is why Cook County decided to open a special unit just for pregnant inmates, providing them with the prenatal care and help with parenting skills they need to raise healthy children. Losing a mom to incarceration often starts... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
December 10, 2010 at 11:25 am
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Lawsuit after computer crash extends Cook County jail sentences

By Amalia Oulahan Ioan Sameli/flickr In early October, Cook County jail launched a new digital system, IMACS, for keeping track of its detainees’ comings and goings. Before that, the old computer system had not been overhauled since its installation – in 1978. That system crashed three times in the year before it was replaced, according... Read more »
By KimbriellKelly,
December 3, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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Doors at Cook County's maximum-security jail in South Lawndale not secured

Many accused murderers, rapists and robbers can leave their cells and cause mayhem among other inmates in Cook County’s jail in the South Lawndale neighborhood, according to a joint investigation by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Better Government Association. More than one in 10 of the maximum-security cells in Cook County’s oldest jail are not... Read more »
By JeffKellyLowenstein,
November 2, 2009 at 11:38 am
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