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Lawmaker Pushing For More Oversight Of Health Care For Prison Inmates
An Illinois House committee has held a hearing aimed on a proposal to providing more oversight for the private company that maintains health care in the Illinois prison system.
Sheriff’s Office Releases Shocking Video Of Mentally Ill Inmates
Sheriff Tom Dart says he wants you to be shocked by it because he says it proves there are people behind bars who should not be there.
State Prison System Takes Another Crack At Early-Release Program
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn shut down the former program after The Associated Press reported that 1,745 inmates — some convicted of violent crimes — had been released within weeks or even days of their arrival at the penitentiary.
FBI: Surveillance Video Shows Jail Escapees Getting Into Cab
Two convicted bank robbers remained at large on Wednesday, the day after a brazen escape from the federal jail in the Loop.
Horrible Horoscopes: Aquarius
Aquarius! Crawl out the metaphorical slit your jailers call a window, down that imaginary rope made of your hopes, dreams and bed sheets, and live your life!
Two Inmates Rappel 15 Stories To Escape From Federal Jail In Loop
Two inmates escaped Tuesday morning from the federal jail in the Loop, using bedsheets tied together to rappel 15 floors to the ground.
4 Inmates Injured In Cook County Jail Fight
A fight at the Cook County Jail has landed four inmates in the hospital.
Jail Inmates: We Were Held An Extra Day Because Of Computer Problem
Five former Cook County Jail inmates are suing the Sheriff’s office.Five former Cook County Jail inmates are suing the Sheriff’s office.
More Than 400 Jail Inmates Relocated When Air Conditioning Fails
More than 400 Cook County Jail inmates had to be shifted to different facilities Friday night when air conditioning units in the building they were housed in overheated.
Surprise Shakedown At Lake County Jail Finds No Contraband
Inmates at the Lake County Jail were having coffee Thursday morning when officers with dogs stormed in.
State: Joliet Prison Not An Option For Holding NATO Arrestees
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart still has his eyes on Joliet as a possible place to house any arrestee overflow there might be later this month during the NATO summit.
Dart: Teach Inmates Chess And They’ll Learn Valuable Skills
Authorities hope to teach Cook County Jail inmates some lessons about patience, responsibility and learning from mistakes – by having them play chess.
Medical Co-Pays More Than Double For Illinois Prison Inmates
Inmates in the Illinois Department of Corrections system are contributing more to help pay down the state’s backlog of bills.
Group Looks Out For Families Of Those In Prison
A fundraiser will be held in Woodstock Saturday for a unique organization that helps families with relatives in prison.
Fewer Inmates, But Longer Stays In Cook County Jail
The number of suspects booked into the Cook County Jail has fallen in the last five years, but detainees on average are staying a week longer behind bars because of court delays, local law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Cook County Jail Inmates Put To Work Cleaning Animal Cages
Inmates at the Cook County Jail are taking on some new responsibilities, in the form of cleaning cages at an animal shelter.
2 Jail Inmates Charged In 2008 Slaying
Anthony Ward and Devonta Guyton are accused of the 2008 killing of a 28-year-old victim in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood.
Cook County Has New Policy For Transgender Inmates
Transgender inmates at Cook County Jail can now be housed, dressed and searched according to their gender identity rather than their sex at birth, under a new policy.
No Christmas Celebrations For Jail Inmates
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says he will provide spiritual guidance, but not holiday celebration, for 10,000 inmates in the jail under his control.
UIC Gets $7M Grant To Test And Treat Inmates For HIV
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study effective ways to seek, test, and treat inmates with HIV.
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