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Name of the facility:
Cook County Department of Corrections
a.k.a. Cook County Jail

Location:
2700 South California Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60608

Contact us:
1-773-869-5245 (automated help line)
(773) 869-7100 (main telephone number)

Other Important Telephone numbers:
Business Office: (773) 869-6866 Legal Office: (773) 869-7683 Office of the Executive Director: (773) 869-2859 Program Services: (773) 869-6815 Records Department: (773) 869-5200 Training Academy: (708) 583-3150 Trust / Personal Property: (773) 869-6864

The Cook County Department of Corrections is the largest (96 acres) single-site county pre-trial facility in the United States. Primarily holding pre-trial offenders, the Department admitted 99,663 detainees in 2006 and averaged a daily population of approximately 9,800.

The Department of Corrections complex consists of 11 separate Divisions/units, each headed by a Superintendent.