Cook County Taxpayers to shell out for $55 mil. strip-search settlement

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Taxpayers will pay the bulk of a $55 million settlement with Cook County Jail inmates who won a federal lawsuit over illegal strip-searching practices.

Cook County commissioners approved the settlement Tuesday morning. It includes $45 million from the county’s coffers and another $10 million covered by the county’s insurance.

According to county records, as many as 400,000 inmates could step forward to claim a piece of the settlement.

The progressive, Blue, intrusive Cook County where one-party government is viewed as enlightened.