July 12, 2021
More than 500 women have joined a Chicago federal lawsuit alleging female employees faced vile sexual harassment from detainees at the Cook County Jail and George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse, saying in a Monday intervenor complaint that the county downplayed their concerns for years.
August 18, 2019
Two lawsuits that allege Chicago’s Cook County allows men in detention to sexually harass female attorneys and guards have reached a major milestone with possible ramifications for thousands of women working in the county's jail facilities.