02/13/2025

Incarceration

Illinois data shows inmates with violent records from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites

AP

02/12/2025

Chicago Police

Mayor Johnson’s looking at a range of gunshot-detection systems — including ShotSpotter

Chicago Sun-Times

02/12/2025

State and National Policing

Lawyers for Sonya Massey’s family say $10M settlement ‘first step;’ await trial, legislative changes

AP

02/12/2025

State and National Policing

Sonya Massey’s father discusses $10 million settlement: ‘She would have been 37 years old today’

Chicago Sun-Times

02/12/2025

Community Response

Some Chicago Gunshot Victims Don’t Trust Ambulances

The Trace

02/11/2025

Youth

Survivors of Child Abuse at Illinois Youth Detention Centers File More Lawsuits in Hopes of Change

WTTW

02/11/2025

Chicago Police

Reform Groups Say CPD’s New Plan to Stop and Search Chicagoans Violates Constitution, Consent Decree

WTTW

02/11/2025

Courts

Cook County prosecutors seek to unionize in first major drive in decades

Chicago Tribune

02/11/2025

Chicago Police

COPA releases calls, video from drunken gunfight involving off-duty officers

Chicago Sun-Times

02/11/2025

Public Defense

A shortage of public defense attorneys in Kansas could result in courts throwing out criminal cases

KCUR

02/11/2025

Youth

US: New Jersey Indiscriminately Prosecutes Children as Adults

Human Rights Watch

02/11/2025

Public Defense

Opinion: Investing in public defenders is essential for justice to be served

City and State PA

02/11/2025

Youth

Shooting of 9-year-old reanimates discussions about SAFE-T Act, juvenile crime in Peoria

Journal Star

02/11/2025

Incarceration

Jailing the homeless: New data shed light on unhoused people in local jails

Prison Policy Initiative

02/11/2025

Courts

Southern Ill. judge rules parts of state’s FOID Card Act are unconstitutional

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