Costs of legal fight over harassment at Cook County Jail top $2.2M

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Cook County officials will consider paying another $486,000 to fight several lawsuits brought by female county employees — including sheriff’s deputies and public defenders — exposed to masturbating detainees, bringing the total cost of the legal fight to approximately $2.2 million.

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