Search Cook County Department of Corrections (Cook County Jail) Records Online

Jail Name:

Cook County Department of Corrections (Cook County Jail)

Jail Type:

County Jail

State:

Illinois

County:

COOK

City:

Chicago

Description:

The Cook County Jail, located on 96 acres (39 hectares) in Cook County, Illinois, is the largest single site jail in the United States.[citation needed] Located at 2700 South California Avenue in the city of Chicago, it houses about 6500[1] prisoners and employs 3900 law enforcement officials and 7000 civilian employees

Opened:

1871

Security Class:

Medium

Same As:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_County_Jail

Source URL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_County_Jail

Photo URL:

https://www.cookcountysheriff.org/images/DOC/DOCexterior1.jpg

Website URL:

https://www.cookcountysheriff.org/doc/doc_main.html