Video released of hostage situation at Cook County Jail

Friday, July 29, 2016
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Sheriff's Department released video Friday of how correctional officers ended a hostage situation inside Cook County Jail.

Members of the jail's emergency response team used flash grenades to end Thursday night's standoff in the jail's maximum security division.
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Two inmates were taken into custody after they held another inmate hostage with a sharp object.

That inmate was injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
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No one else was injured.
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