Forgotten Majority

Advocating for the just and humane treatment of those who are incarcerated.

Category: Cook County Jail

  • DESPERATELY NEEDED HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

    Courtesy of Timothy Williams New York Times – July 2015 Photo credits to Joshua Lott- Exhibiting Compassion for the Incarcerated Mentally Ill. CHICAGO — Nneka Jones Tapia, who runs the sprawling Cook County Jail here, has an indelible childhood memory of police officers pounding on the aluminum walls of the family’s double-wide trailer home in […]