Cupich, Jackson address inmates on Christmas

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Reverend Jesse Jackson continued a 30-year Christmas tradition of celebrating the morning with local inmates when he and a group of ministers and politicians held the service at the Cook County Jail.

They brought a message of hope to the inmates to convince them that there are other pathways in life.

Rev. Jackson also talked about recent violence between African Americans and police.

"People are killing people. People are killing police, police are killing people," he said. "We must go another way and learn to work and live together."

Archbishop Blase Cupich spent part of his first Christmas in Chicago at the Cook County Jail. He spoke to nearly 150 inmates in both English and Spanish.