In Popular Culture
The Cook County jail was the setting used for the musical Chicago, as well as its 2002 film adaptation.
B.B. King's Live in Cook County Jail album features a live recording of a concert that he performed for the jail's inmates on September 10, 1970.
The song "My Long Walk to Jail" on Filter's 2002 album The Amalgamut with a sample of an incoming call from Cook County Jail.
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