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| Cook County Jail Will Improve Conditions |
| By bnd.com |
| Published: 05/14/2010 |
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CHICAGO -- The Justice Department announced Thursday a sweeping agreement with Cook County officials to upgrade conditions at the long-troubled Cook County Jail, where federal investigators found that violence and lack of medical care have led to inmate deaths. The agreement, which is subject to enforcement by a federal judge, calls for the hiring of more than 600 more correctional officers over the next year at the nation's largest single-site county jail. It follows two years of negotiations between the federal government and the county based on a 2008 Justice Department report that found three inmate suicides in the first four months of that year, as well as incidents of inmate violence that led to two deaths. The 98-page report also found a number of other inmate deaths and what it described as a preventable amputation due to inadequate medical care. It said there was a permissive attitude toward excessive force used against prisoners by correctional officers. It alleged that officers were quick to strike inmates who spoke little English and who had trouble obeying orders. Read More. |
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