new: officials are building a $7 million “trauma-informed” visitation center at the cook county jail, part of at least $400 million in projects planned at the jail over the next decade. it’s supposed to make for a more “humane” experience—but it’ll do little to address the dismal conditions at ccj.
The Cook County jail’s new $7 million visitation centerCook County wants to create an oasis inside the infamous jail. But the renovation will do little to address the harm of incarceration itselfchicagoreader.com