Presented by Saint Xavier University
Highlights:
* The Cook County Jail is now the largest mental health provider in Illinois. This is not good.
* Charlie Trotter and Publican buy their produce from the jail garden. This is not a secret.
* About 20 inmates work at the city’s animal control facility. They’ve replaced bad employees.
* Eighty to 85 percent of the jail population never goes on to prison. They go from jail back into the community because of time-served, probation, etc.
* Three former prostitutes work sweeps to help redirect women off the streets.
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Posted on February 17, 2012