05/11/2026

Incarceration

Women’s Justice Institute marks 10 years of connecting women in downstate prisons with their families

Herald-Review

05/11/2026

Statewide and National Policing

State’s Attorney clears Aurora police in fatal shooting of 19-year-old

Shaw Local

05/11/2026

Chicago Police

Judge Weighs Bid to Overturn Notorious Murder Conviction in 1992 Killing of 7-Year-Old Boy Amid Torture Claims

WTTW

05/11/2026

Cook County

Sheriff Tom Dart’s Wandering Eye. The Cook County sheriff is quietly lobbying the county board to expand surveillance both inside the jail and out on the streets

Chicago Reader

05/11/2026

Chicago Police

Man’s bid for a retrial in boy’s murder hinges on ex-Chicago cop’s alleged ties to Gitmo torture

WBEZ

05/11/2026

Home for Good

Project is investment in our communities

Daily Herald

05/11/2026

City of Chicago

Emmanuel Andre is bringing a restorative justice mindset to Chicago’s community safety office

The Triibe

05/10/2026

Pretrial Fairness and Safe-T Act

Part 2 – Our Chicago: Calls to change Safe-T Act

ABC 7

05/10/2026

Home for Good

Toy Beasley: Getting out of prison doesn’t mean going home

The Pantagraph

05/09/2026

Chicago Police

COPA releases body camera video of deadly shooting involving police in Humboldt Park

CBS News Chicago

05/08/2026

Youth

Young Chicagoans Are Creating Their Own Community Spaces

South Side Weekly

05/08/2026

Statewide and National Policing

Former Cherry Valley cop, sheriff’s deputy charged with stalking

Rockford Register Star

05/07/2026

Pretrial Fairness and Safe-T Act

Editorial: Illinois built a police decertification system as part of the SAFE-T Act. Now, it must make it work.

Chicago Tribune

05/07/2026

Incarceration

Jury awards $3 million to family of man who died in custody at Jacksonville Correctional Center

Illinois Times

05/07/2026

Incarceration

Disabled people who live at Cook County Jail face numerous, entrenched challenges, including limited health care and few accommodations

South Side Weekly