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Chicago Prisoners Post Signs in Jail Windows: “Help, No Supply” and “We’re Dying”

HeadlineApr 10, 2020

In Chicago, a second prisoner at the Cook County Jail has died of COVID-19. Nearly 300 prisoners and more than 100 staff at the jail have tested positive. On Thursday, prisoners posted signs in the windows of their cells reading “Help, no supply” and “We’re dying.”

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