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To: Saulamanca who wrote (22695)	2/23/2020 7:21:10 PM
From: Saulamanca	Respond to of 51737

County facing $14 million payout for jail inmate “masturbation attacks” against female public defenders and law clerks February 22, 2020 CWB Chicago Citywide Cook County may soon be paying out $14 million to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from “masturbation attacks” by jail inmates against female public defenders and law clerks who visited the jail or encountered inmates in courthouse lockups between November 2015 and last October. The lawsuit is one of two class action cases filed on behalf of women who work in the Cook County Jail and courthouse lockups. A second suit, initiated by five female jail guards, is still being litigated. Both suits alleged that jail inmates regularly abused the plaintiffs by masturbating in front of the women and making threats of “explicit sexual violence…and physical attacks.” One of the lawsuits claimed that Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart rewarded men who masturbated in front of the women by giving them free pizza if they went 30 days without doing it again. The women said Dart’s policy made conditions worse because inmates intentionally masturbated in front of them to qualify for the free pizza promotion. Continued