'There was zero playbook for this stuff.'
at the Cook County Jail in Chicago skyrocketed over the weekend, leaving Sheriff Tom Dart grabbling with a dilemma that runs against the very grain of a veteran lawman and former prosecutor: whether to free alleged criminals instead of keeping them locked up.
, up from just 38 on Friday, Dart told ABC News. Of all the inmates tested so far only 11 were negative, he said.With roughly 75% of his jail's inmates arrested on, Dart said he's been working around the clock with Cook County officials, judges, probation officers and the State's Attorney's Office to devise a plan from scratch on how to keep dangerous people locked up and still create space in the jail without jeopardizing the community.
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