The tap water at Stateville has been dangerous for decades.
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The ‘tough on crime’ myth
When candidates say they’re “tough on crime,” what they really mean is “we’ll put more Black people in prison.”
Posted inOn Prisons
A very dark place
Maintaining mental health in prison was already challenging before COVID-19 hit.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A new, deadly COVID outbreak in an Illinois prison
An update from inside Stateville Correctional Center
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Trans woman Strawberry Hampton reports continued assaults while detained at men’s prisons
Despite filing multiple complaints against guards and inmates, Strawberry Hampton is being denied a transfer to a women’s prison.
Posted inNews & Politics
Officials hope much-hyped drug can slow state’s opioid crisis, but is it worth the costs?
Vivitrol, which costs $1,000 an injection, shows some hope in treating addicts but its aggressive marketing has come under fire, and the drug is not without risks.
Posted inBlogs
Life inside a supermax prison
Tamms Correctional Center was Illinois’s only supermax prison. The Reader may have played a part in shutting it down.
Posted inNews & Politics
Guarding Grandpa
Illinois is spending money it doesn’t have to keep convicts who can barely walk behind bars.
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Opposing the opposition to reform
State rep Julie Hamos was among the first to raise concerns about Tamms supermax prison; now she’s pushing for campaign finance reform. Sounds like she’s running for higher office.