Fox News: Illinois jail continues allowing detainees to vote in presidential elections, other local races

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Illinois jail continues allowing detainees to vote in presidential elections, other local races

The Cook County Jail in Chicago is teaching civics classes to those detained. They then have a chance to study their options and vote from the jail's chapel.......                    ...                        ...An Illinois jail continues to teach democracy You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, particularly by showing inmates and detainees how they can vote while incarcerated.......Nathaniel Carswell is one of many being temporarily held while not serving a sentence at Cook County Jail's Division II, which still has barbed wire surrounding the property and the sound of doors getting locked behind them.......Carswell, like several other inmates, took a civics class offered at the facility, and now they're voting in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......."It's just to advise you of what you can and can't do and how your voice does matter," Carswell You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. "And a lot of people don't even know how to vote. So, this class is very educational."......Marquis Tucker is another detainee at the facility who claimed that voting was about inserting his own voice into his community.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"They probably think we just up in here working out and doing stuff to waste our time," Tucker said. "But it's a lot of well-informed guys... and we do a lot of watching news."......Cook County Sheriff You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginsaid detainees don't just learn about the process of democracy, but they can also practice it — in the solitude and comfort of the chapel......."We sit and talk a great deal about how we want people who get involved, the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, to be reengaged in community," Dart said. "We want them to get jobs and be engaged with their families. We talk about that all the time."......"But what better way to really give someone a sense of ownership in their own community than you're voting? I mean, you really you're the one deciding who's going to be your alderman, your state representative, the President of the United States. And that gives you a sense of ownership in your community," Dart said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Cook County became the first jail in the country to set up polling stations inside confined walls during the 2020 elections. ......"We get a better turnout in people in the jail than people on the outside," the sheriff said.......More than 50% of its registered detainees voted in a recent election, compared to just 36% in the city of Chicago. Dart said voting while incarcerated carries more weight for the prisoners.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Tucker said that weight is the future of his family......."I have two children. I just want the candidates to make it safe for my kids," Tucker said....

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