10/28/2024

Incarceration

He attempted suicide. Peoria Jail restrained him in a chair for five days.

Illinois Answers Project

10/28/2024

Chicago Police Department

Cook County to pay $21.7M for 7 wrongful convictions

Daily Law Bulletin

10/28/2024

Youth

Police: 16-year-old arrested for 2nd car theft, released to parent due to lack of space in juvenile facilities

WAND

10/26/2024

Incarceration

Inmate Labor tests the Limits of ‘Involuntary Solitude’

The New York Times

10/25/2024

Incarceration

Letter to the Editor: Failing to elect people committed to holding criminals accountable puts communities at risk

Muddy River News

10/25/2024

Public Defense

Iowa Supreme Court is Considering if the State Can Charge Acquitted Defendants for Court-Appointed Attorneys

Reason

10/25/2024

Incarceration

Cook County Corrections Deputy allegedly let inmate use her cell phone to view pornography, send messages

WGN

10/25/2024

Firearm Safety

State, Cook County use similar arguments to defend assault weapon bans

Capitol News Illinois

10/25/2024

SAFE-T Act / Pre-Trial Fairness Act

Kenneally goes down swinging

Capitol Fax

10/25/2024

SAFE-T Act / Pre-Trial Fairness Act

Sharone R. Mitchell Jr.: SAFE-T Act is a better system than cash bail

WGN

10/25/2024

Youth

Opinion: Paving the way to permanent families for youth in care through guardianship

Rockford Register Star

10/25/2024

Youth

Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Challenge to the Constitutionality of Solitary Confinement of Children in Juvenile Justice Settings

Department of Justice

10/31/2024

Chicago Police Department

Chicago police boss, COPA don’t see eye to eye on fatal police shooting of Reginald Clay Jr.

Chicago Tribune

10/25/2024

Chicago Police Department

Chicago Police Department exodus: New cops are leaving in droves, Sun-Times investigation finds

Chicago Sun-Times

10/31/2024

Legal System

Cook County judge sharply criticized by appellate court as it overturns 2003 murder conviction

Chicago Sun-Times