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Cook County state’s attorney’s office to expand pilot that allows police to directly file some gun charges
The Cook County state’s attorney’s office is expanding a pilot program that lets Chicago police to directly file charges in ...
Editorial: Eileen O’Neill Burke puts judges on the spot to keep Cook County residents safe
Cook County’s top prosecutor says electronic monitoring isn’t keeping the public safe when used for accused violent criminals ...
Chief judge takes over electronic monitoring for Cook County, but questions remain about staffing
The Cook County sheriff's office is ending its decades-old electronic monitoring program, handing it over to the chief judge ...
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Cook County’s top prosecutor questions safety of electronic monitoring under chief judge
State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has instructed her lawyers to object every time electronic monitoring is imposed.
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DePaul class inside Cook County jail brings together incarcerated and traditional students
DePaul’s class this quarter is about homelessness. A group of students sit in a big circle in the basement of Chicago’s Cook County Jail, listening in rapt attention to DePaul University ...
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‘Thinking differently’: Inside Cook County Jail’s chess program and the wizardry of ‘Coach K’
CHICAGO — Now in its second decade, the Cook County Jail chess program is thriving, competing internationally and above all — it’s working. WGN News spent time at the jail to learn about the ...
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Sheriff to shutter electronic monitoring unit
Lavette Mayes had already spent 425 days locked up in the Cook County jail when she found herself in front of a judge in 2016. The Chicago Community Bond Fund had just helped her buy her freedom ...