The means staff are constantly rotating inmates to use the whole building. One solution that's been proposed is having the jail hold some detainees from the Cook County Department of Corrections.

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depicting a sick person huddled on the asphalt while a nearby building burns. One of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the country occurred here in the Cook County Jail, with around 800 cases.