07/01/2025

City of Chicago

Violent crime in Chicago plummets in first half of 2025, mayor says

WGN TV

07/01/2025

Courts

Two major street-gang cases to get new trials this fall over claimed promises to witnesses

Chicago Sun-Times

07/01/2025

City of Chicago

Annual report on police-related litigation costs shows city paid $89.2M in lawsuit payouts in 2024

The Daily Line

07/01/2025

Incarceration

San Quentin holds emotional, first-ever father-daughter prom

KTVU

07/01/2025

Incarceration

Birth behind bars: Ten years of U.S. jail births covered in the news highlight horrific experiences and minimal data collection

Prison Policy Initiative

06/30/2025

State of Illinois

Illinois criminal justice advocates tout ‘Clean Slate’ legislation as ‘economic boon’

Capitol News Illinois

06/30/2025

State and National Policing

Actually, Murder Clearance Rates Probably Rose A Good Bit In 2024

Substack

06/30/2025

Chicago Police

Chicago cop who inadvertently shot and killed his partner has a lengthy disciplinary record in a short career

WBEZ

06/30/2025

State and National Policing

Rockford terminates officer who had twice been accused of battering suspects

Rockford Register Star

06/30/2025

City of Chicago

Latino Caucus Blasts Mayor, CPD Chief on ICE Response

South Side Weekly

06/29/2025

Courts

Quick recap of US Supreme Court’s major criminal justice opinions for OT 2024

Sentencing Law and Policy

06/26/2025

State and National Policing

Lawsuit claims New Lenox police engage in ‘policing-for-profit’ on seizing vehicles

Shaw Local

06/26/2025

City of Chicago

Who’s behind those texts slamming Mayor Johnson and some progressive alders for their ‘snap curfew’ vote?

The Triibe

06/16/2025

Reentry

Programs for low income and homeless people are on the federal chopping block

NPR Illinois

06/16/2025

Chicago Police

CPD Officers Shot and Killed as Many People in First 5 Months of 2025 as They Did in All of 2024: Data

WTTW