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Judge lets juvenile detainees continue suit vs Cook County over filming of TV show "Empire"

By Scott Holland | Monday, Apr 24, 2017 @ 11:36am

Juvenile detainees will be allowed to continue part of their class action complaint of rights violations against Cook County prison officials and television network Fox after a federal judge in Chicago refused to dismiss the entire case, claiming the county had wrongly surrendered control of large portions of the county’s juvenile detention center while the studio filmed episodes of hit television show, “Empire.”