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Program Worker Arrested for Sexual Misconduct

rtmbherron - January 24, 2014

An employee of an organization that provides adult literacy and GED classes for detainees at Cook County Jail has been charged with custodial sexual...

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Cook County Commissioner Proposes Using Taxpayer Dollars To Bail Low-Level Inmates Out Of Jail

rtmadmincd - November 15, 2013

With the high cost of housing inmates in the already overcrowded county jail, one Cook County commissioner has floated a surprising solution: Use...

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Inmates, orchestra members perform behind bars

rtmadmincd - April 15, 2013

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bass Dan Armstrong talks to an unidentified inmate during their music performance for inmates as part of the CSO's Citizen Musician...

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Mistakenly freed killer captured while watching TV  

rtmadmincd - February 2, 2013

Two days after a stunning series of errors allowed a convicted murderer to walk out of a Chicago jail where he did not...

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