Substandard Chicago jails: comparisons are invidious, but ...

The United States Department of Justice says that conditions at a Chicago jail run by Cook County are so bad as to put prisoners at risk of physical abuse and even death.  (Thanks to the ABA e-Journal, where I read this story.)

If I were the Cook County sheriff and had a sense of humor, I would do a point-by-point comparison of my jail with the federal jail at Guantanamo Bay (let's not mince words; it's a jail), see which comes off better, and then ask what the Department of Justice plans to do about the worse of the two.