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2 dni temu · An Injustice Watch investigation found 18 people died in Cook County Jail in 2023, the deadliest year in decades, and families of at least six of those victims said the sheriff’s office failed ...
28 cze 2024 · A man who was being held at the Cook County Jail died after a confrontation with correctional officers in which he was repeatedly struck, thrown to the ground and injected with sedatives, records ...
2 dni temu · Updated: Oct 30, 2024 / 06:37 PM CDT. CHICAGO (WGN) — The family of an inmate brutalized inside Cook County Jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Office. Attorneys ...
Every homicide victim in Chicago. Information about Chicago's homicide victims, compiled by journalists, including breakdowns of where and when incidents occurred, updated daily.
12 cze 2024 · Eighteen people died at the jail last year, and half of the deaths featured examples of inadequate supervision and medical care, an Injustice Watch investigation found. Sheriff Tom Dart blames detainees overdosing on drug-laced paper and says he’s addressed the problem, but experts say there’s a renewed need for oversight.
Illinois Death in Custody Reporting. Under the 2021 Illinois Reporting of Deaths in Custody Act (730 ILCS 210) and the federal Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (34 U.S.C. § 60105), the State of Illinois is required to collect information on death in custody incidents.
31 maj 2022 · Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at an Illinois penitentiary. NPR and The Marshall Project have uncovered violence, abuse and a string of inmate deaths...
