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Appeals panel rejects female Cook County jail workers' class action vs sheriff over sex harassment from inmates

By Scott Holland | Friday, Mar 5, 2021 @ 7:48pm

Ten female employees want to represent 1,800 women they say subjected to unacceptable detainee behavior, but appeals judges say their job responsibilities are too different to allow the case to continue as a class action.
Federal judge OKs female Cook County employees' lawsuits over harassment by inmates

By John Breslin | Tuesday, Jul 10, 2018 @ 11:07pm

A federal judge ruled that various lawsuits claiming officials have failed to curb rampant abuse of female employees visiting Cook County Jail will remain largely intact, according to an opinion filed June 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.