Sex offender stabbed at Cook County Jail

A Cook County Jail inmate was recovering Tuesday from a stabbingin a maximum-security wing of the Southwest Side complex.

Demtre Golden, 28, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for a woundto the chest. At least three other inmates are suspected in theattack, said Bill Cunningham, a spokesman for Cook County SheriffMichael Sheahan, who runs the jail.

Golden was booked into the jail in June on a charge of failing toregister as a sex offender. The motive for the attack is unclear,Cunningham said, but investigators are looking into whether it wasrelated to his history as a sex offender or whether it was gang-related.