Cook County Jail
Jahmal Cole was inspired to create a new web series after volunteering at the Cook County Jail and realizing that most of the inmates had never visited landmark sites, such as the Willis Tower.
Cook County Jail is near capacity. With summer approaching, we talk with three top county officials about what can be done.
Yoga Comes to Cook County Jail
Yoga and meditation come to Cook County Jail's Boot Camp. We take another look.
Dr. Kameron Matthews, the primary care physician to all transgender inmates at Cook County Jail, joins us to talk about the transgender policies at Cook County Jail.
Collaborative policy addresses unique needs of "vulnerable population"
No one questions Mimi on the street about her appearance, she says, but there is an exception -- when she has to show her I.D. Mimi says she committed Medicaid fraud to hide her identity, but now she sits in Cook County Jail. A post-operative transsexual, Mimi is considered at-risk in jail.
Reducing the Cook County jail population by putting more inmates on home monitoring...but who is the county letting out? Paris Schutz reports.