A Django app that tracks the population of Cook County Jail over time and summarizes trends.

See the API guide for accessing the production API service and querying the data.

git clone git@github.com:sc3/cookcountyjail.git
cd cookcountyjail
pip install -r requirements.txt

The scraper is invoked with a management command:

./manage.py scrape_inmates

Other useful commands

./manage.py check_inmate
./manage.py clone_db
./manage.py generate_datebase_audit_script
./manage.py generate_search_for_discharged_inmates_cmds
./manage.py generate_summaries
./manage.py inmate_details
./manage.py inmate_utils
./manage.py look_for_missing_inmates
./manage.py poll_inmates
./manage.py scrape_inmates
./manage.py utils
./manage.py validate_inmate_records

scrape_inmates also supports a --limit / -l flag which limits the number of records created and --search / -s flag which overrides the default A-Z search strategy.

Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3. See LICENSE.md.

See AUTHORS.md for contributors.