Cook Co. Jail Inmate Beaten To Death
August 10, 2023 3:43PM CDT
Inmates at the Cook County, Ill., jail head to a staging area at the jail’s Division 11 law library before registering and voting in the local election on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
A Cook County Jail inmate is dead after being beaten to death. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office says jail security responded to a disturbance Tuesday morning and found two inmates fighting. The pair was separated and Johnny Hendrix was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. The incident is under investigation.
