Chicagoist: Brawl At Cook County Jail Causes Lockdown

garlic

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:43:11 -0600

the best part about getting shanked at Cook County Jail is that it's a breeding ground for MRSA.

Marcus Gilmer

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:17:46 -0600

Not to mention that story from last week about the beating death at the downtown jail because one inmate called another a snitch.

Spook

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:15:11 -0600

Interesting, I. Actually this reminds me about a story I read in the village Voice about a teen discovered beat death (by three members of the Bloods)while locked up at Rikers for repeated curfew violations. He was housed in max. security and it took them hours to discover that he was killed.

Ingrid

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:26:25 -0600

The following is a really interesting article, by Mansfield Frazier, about how it's not the guards that run the prison, but those clever shank making inmates. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-07/bernie-will-be-prison-royalty