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Chicago Jail Becomes Hotbed For The Coronavirus03:49
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April 09, 2020

Chicago's Cook County jail has more than 350 cases of the coronavirus, and according to data compiled by The New York Times, it is now the country's largest-known source of virus infections.

Here & Now's Tonya Mosley speaks with Shannon Heffernan (@shannon_h), a reporter at WBEZ in Chicago.

This segment aired on April 9, 2020.

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