04/16/2026

Courts

Politicians Talk About Crime as if It’s Still 1994

The New York Times

04/16/2026

State of Illinois

IL House passes bill banning indirect police quotas | The Chicago Report

FOX-32

04/15/2026

Courts

Rehabilitation credit opportunities for individuals in pretrial detention expanded under Ellman legislation

Illinois Senate Democrats

04/15/2026

Home for Good

Home for Good: IL bill expanding housing, support services for people returning from prison heads to House floor

WAND-TV

04/15/2026

Statewide and National Policing

Man shot, killed in struggle with Illinois State Police troopers on South Side, officials say

ABC-7

04/15/2026

Chicago Police

6 Chicago Police Officers Broke Rules After Chicago Fire Department Employee Struck, Killed Person: Watchdog

WTTW

04/14/2026

Incarceration

‘Sometimes I Feel Like I’m in Prison More Than He Is’

Prison Journalism Project

04/14/2026

State of Illinois

IL House passes plan providing resources for youth repeat gun offenders

WAND-TV

04/14/2026

State of Illinois

Lawmakers grill Department of Corrections after audit shows dozens of failures

Capitol News Illinois

04/13/2026

Youth

Young offenders: 13 local juveniles currently in custody on gun-related charges

News-Gazette

04/13/2026

Chicago Police

Chicago Spent $58.8M on Police Overtime in 3 Months, 3% Less Than Last Year: Watchdog

WTTW

04/13/2026

Community Response

Opinion: Public safety on the CTA demands reimagining crisis response

Crain's Chicago Business

04/13/2026

City of Chicago

Alders advance proposal to remove CPD officers connected to far-right extremist groups

The Triibe

04/13/2026

Courts

Ill Panel Orders New Trial In Postconviction Relief Reversal

Law360

04/13/2026

Incarceration

Women in Illinois prisons reclaim their beauty with limited resources

WBEZ