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In Chicago, The Night Inmates Didn't Want To Escape
By NPR Staff
The snow that buried the U.S. this week wreaked all kinds of spectacular havoc. Drivers were trapped by snow overnight on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, and Cook County Jail declared a civil emergency for the first time in more than 30 years. Host Scott Simon talks to Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart about the effects of this week's blizzard on Chicago's Cook County Jail.