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A detainee’s message from inside the jail. Credit: Sarah-Ji Rhee
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Report: Cook County Jail Is Filling Up Again

by Lucia Geng September 28, 2020December 17, 2021

he Cook County Criminal Courts system drastically failed to contain the spread of coronavirus or prevent the deaths of people in custody, according to a report released on September 16 by the Coalition to End Money Bond (CEMB)—and now the number of detainees is increasing.  Hundreds of detainees and several guards have been infected with […]

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