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As of March 2023, seven people in the custody of Cook County Jail have lost their lives—just since the first day of this year. This is already as many people who died while in custody inside Cook [...]

On August 13th, Deon Lee died at Cook County Jail, the second person known to have died in the jail this month. Deon was 30 years old.  According to the Chicago Sun Times, the exact cause of [...]

We are devastated to learn of the death of Alteriq Pleasant, 27, who died on August 2nd while in custody at Cook County Jail. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that according to the sheriff’s [...]

On June 14th, 2022, Raheem Hatter lost his life while caged inside Cook County Jail. He was found unresponsive on the floor of his cell with severe injuries to his head. His death was ruled a [...]

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 [...]