by Sophia Ansari | May 13, 2018 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A groundbreaking bill seeking to reduce the number of children born in custody to pre-trial individuals in custody in Illinois was unanimously passed out of the Illinois Senate Thursday and will be sent to the Governor for signature. House Bill 1464,...
by Sophia Ansari | May 11, 2018 | Press Release
A Cook County Jail individual in custody was indicted this week on a charge of aggravated assault against a correctional deputy, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1 p.m. on May 1, a female correctional deputy was escorting individual in custody...
by Sophia Ansari | Apr 25, 2018 | Press Release
A bill seeking to enact harsher penalties on individuals in custody who expose themselves and conduct lewd behavior while in custody was unanimously passed out of the Criminal Law Committee in the Illinois Senate on Tuesday night. Senate Bill 3104, proposed by Cook...
by Sophia Ansari | Apr 24, 2018 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A woman is alive after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer equipped with naloxone used the opioid overdose antidote to revive her, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8:05 a.m. on Monday, the officer responded to a call of...
by Sophia Ansari | Apr 23, 2018 | Press Release
A Cook County Jail individual in custody has been sentenced to 15 years for solicitation of murder in which he sought someone to kill witnesses in his case, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Ivan Flores, 22, was originally booked into the jail on March 17, 2016...
