Cook County Jail holds resource fair for inmates who are veterans The Cook County Jail held a unique resource fair Friday for inmates who are also veterans. COOK COUNTY, Ill. - The Cook County Jail held a unique resource fair Friday for inmates who are also veterans. For the men who have both served and been locked up, they have some things to work out. "When you look at their journey, coming to the criminal justice system, it's a complicated one. So, we need a holistic approach to really try to work with those individual’s needs, because they've experienced just a lot more complex trauma ...