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November 29, 2010
Vets Gain Job Skills, Get ‘Clean Start’ in Jail Laundry Program

CHICAGO — Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has unveiled a new on-premise laundry program at the Cook County Jail that utilizes inmates to wash clothing instead of using outside contractors.

The “Clean Start” program uses 20 U.S. military veterans jailed on nonviolent charges. In addition to hands-on experience in laundry services, the program also includes a classroom component in which participants can learn business plans and entrepreneurial skills, thanks to support from Roosevelt University.

February 16, 2006
Authorities Nab Escapee Who Fled on Laundry Truck

CHICAGO — Tipsters led federal and local law enforcement to a suburban Chicago motel Saturday where they recaptured Warren C. Mathis, who had escaped from the Cook County Jail the day before aboard a laundry truck.

Mathis, 35, was last seen around 10:30 a.m. Friday working in an open and busy area where trucks transporting people and supplies load and unload, a jail spokesman told the Chicago Sun-Times.