Study links Cook County Jail to COVID-19 outbreaks in Black communities | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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Study links Cook County Jail to COVID-19 outbreaks in Black communities | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Keaundrey Clark A new study published in the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” has shown a link between short stays in Cook County Jail and the racially disproportionate spread of COVID-19 in Chicago during the early months of the pandemic. The study shows that for every one person released in March […]

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