by Mike Pierga | Jan 13, 2018 | Press Release
Three maximum security Cook County Jail individuals in custody are among more than two dozen individuals who have been charged with aggravated battery to staff in the last 30 days, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. From Dec. 12 to Jan. 12, 26 individuals in...
by Mike Pierga | Jan 12, 2018 | Press Release
A Cook County Jail individual in custody has been charged with threatening his public defender, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. According to a Sheriff’s Office investigation, at approximately the 11 a.m. on Jan. 10, individual in custody Michael Roberson, 34,...
by Mike Pierga | Aug 8, 2017 | Press Release
Legislation supported by Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart to help end delays for individuals in custody who are in need of placement in state facilities for treatment of serious mental illnesses, has been signed into state law. System backlogs have left those court...
by Mike Pierga | Dec 28, 2016 | Press Release
Last month, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart called for an end to a dangerous and unjust cash bail system in Illinois. Sheriff Dart pointed to a system that allows those who pose a danger to the community, such as gun offenders, to go free because they have access...
by Mike Pierga | Nov 4, 2016 | Press Release
The number of individuals in custody at the Cook County Jail has dipped to 7,999, thanks in part to high numbers of accused offenders being sent home on electronic monitoring, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. That is the first time the Cook County Jail’s daily...
