Cook County Jail

Visitor Policy

Interview with Jason, Kat, Brian, keke, Teabag, Crystal, Edward, isaac, Lucky, Kathy, Lisa, Apache, Janet, Ron, Ryan and Laydie


JM: How often could you receive visitors?
Jason: NA
Kat: Once a week
Brian: Not at all during processing.
keke: once a week for 15 min
Teabag: once weekly Thursdays from 9am - 9pm. No touch visits talking thru a screened glass booth
Crystal: Once a week.
Edward: once a week
isaac: once a week
Lucky: one day a week.
Kathy: Once a week.
Lisa: not at all because they had restrictions due to the swine flu
Apache: once a week 4 times a mon
Janet: ON YOUR REQUIRED VISITING DAY ONCE A WEEK ALL DAY.
Ron: didn't like visitors....made me miss home and was to hard to see them leave
Ryan: once a week

JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you?
Jason: NA
Kat: Don't know
Brian: NA.
keke: about 1 hour
Teabag: yes 1 hour plus at times
Crystal: Yes hours.
Edward: extreamly
isaac: yes
Lucky: Not really
Laydie: yes painfully slow
Kathy: Yes
Lisa: n/a
Apache: yes
Janet: YES ITS JUST A LONG WAIT.IT SUCKS YOU ARE SEPERATED BY A GLASS WALL ITS FILTHY AND YOU HAVE TO SCREAM OVER EVERYONE IN ORDER TO HEAR EACH OTHER.VISITS ARE A HALF HOUR EACH.
Ron: yes
Ryan: no

JM: What was the visiting environment like?
Jason: NA
Kat: Didn't stay long enough
Brian: NA.
keke: horriable you have to put your face up to a stankn a* glass that everybody nasty breath is on and it actually stinks
Teabag: the place was filthy (dirty glass, it smelled like a zoo) inmates would put on their clean D.O.C.'s meaning a newer Jail uniform (considered contriband by officers) that was usually stored under your sleeping mat on your bunk so the pants and top appeared to be pressed. these uniforms were also used for court. We were given clothing changes Bi-Monthly so you would wear the same DOC shirt and pants for 14 or more days without it being washed.
Crystal: Plexiglass with difficult to hear speaker like device in it. At Cermak small clean rooms.
Edward: i only had one visiter and the enviroment wasnt good.10 people yelling into a window and it was dirty and you have 10 min to say what you need to.
isaac: behind glass but well worth it
Lucky: glass and a phone
Laydie: behaved
Kathy: Filthy, Noisy, Crowded
Lisa: n/a
Apache: noisy
Janet: DIRTY CROWDED AND TO SHORT
Ron: horrible
Ryan: behind glass dividers