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11. Mug shots.

Generally open.  See National Ass’n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Chicago Police Dep’t, 399 Ill.App.3d 1, 13-14, 924 N.E.2d 564, 575, 338 Ill.Dec. 358, 369 (1st Dist. 2010) (ordering disclosure of faces in photographic police lineups after personal identifying information was removed from photos).