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On Wednesday, July 7, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and the County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing to receive comments on their recently released preliminary budget forecast [...]

As the sun comes out, and the weather gets warmer, many of us feel ourselves emerging from a cold winter, and a heavy year of loss amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccines more readily [...]

On April 8th, 2021, Alvin Burrage died while in custody of the Cook County Sheriff. Mr. Burrage succumbed to his injuries after being shot by Calumet City Police during a traffic stop on [...]

In March, Davion Owens died while in custody at Cook County jail. He was 23 years old and had been incarcerated in the jail since July 21, 2020.  Mr. Owens’ cause of death is presumed to be [...]

On or around March 11, 2021, Iver D. Short died while incarcerated at Cook County Jail. Mr. Short was 52 years old and was detained for less than 48 hours. On March 11, 2021, Judge Charles Beach [...]

On Sunday, January 17th, Jose Villa died after contracting COVID-19 in Cook County Jail. Mr. Villa, who was 84 years old, tried to have his bail reduced in April 2020, as the jail became one of [...]

On December 23, 2020, Theodore Becker died after contracting COVID-19 inside of Cook County Jail. He was 64 years old and, and is now the ninth person to die from COVID-19 while in the custody of [...]

Today, Cook County begins a stay-at-home advisory, and Illinois’ COVID-19 positivity rate is nearly 15%. Meanwhile, the number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail has climbed almost back [...]

On September 17, 2020, James Sonntag was found dead in his cell at Cook County Jail. His cause of death is presumed to be suicide. Mr. Sonntag had been in the jail’s custody for only three days [...]

In a landmark ruling today, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals largely sided with plaintiffs in the Mays vs. Dart lawsuit challenging the conditions inside Cook County Jail during the COVID-19 [...]