by Mike Pierga | Oct 28, 2016 | Press Release
Update: Friday, October 28, 2016 – The altercations resulted in injuries to both staff and individuals in custody. Two correctional deputies transported to the hospital on Tuesday night for treatment of non-life threatening injuries have since been released from the...
by Mike Pierga | Oct 20, 2016 | Press Release
The Cook County Department of Corrections is now offering a new feature that expedites the process of bonding out individuals in custody, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Members of the public who wish to post bond for a individual in custody can send an e-mail...
by Mike Pierga | Aug 15, 2016 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that two maximum security individuals in custody have been charged for taking control of a jail housing unit and injuring another individual in custody. In connection with last month’s incident, Cordarryl Stevenson,...
by Mike Pierga | Aug 12, 2016 | Press Release
A maximum security individual in custody has been charged again with aggravated battery to staff after a Sheriff’s Office investigation found that the individual in custody threw feces at a correctional deputy for the second time within a week, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart...
by Mike Pierga | Aug 5, 2016 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has released additional video in which individuals in custody took control of a jail housing unit and injured another individual in custody. According to the Sheriff’s Office investigation, at approximately 4:30 p.m. July 28,...