Chicago Community Jail Support, the volunteer mutual aid network that supports people recently released from Cook County Jail, hosts two teach-ins and volunteer training sessions on Zoom this month to guide people in how to lend a hand in meeting the needs of those who are recently incarcerated. Learn skills like setting up and breaking […]
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Dozens of reports from inside Cook County Jail paint a grim picture as COVID-19 cases soar
Prisoners say the jail, which has seen more than 800 confirmed cases, is a “death trap.”
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Efforts to turn Cook County Jail into a polling location persist following governor’s veto
Though House Bill 4469 to turn Cook County Jail into an official polling location remains at a standstill, representatives who worked on the bill remain positive and motivated.
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State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold
Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.
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Is state’s attorney Anita Alvarez protecting public safety—or an obstacle to justice?
The race to be Cook County’s top prosecutor gets under way with questions about fairness and incarceration.
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Cook County state’s attorney: Time to lay off the pot prosecutions
State’s attorney Anita Alvarez says her office will try to send people caught with small amounts of cannabis and hard drugs into treatment instead of jail.
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If facts are taken into account, Rahm’s budget claims don’t all add up
Fact-checking Mayor Emanuel’s budget speech
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In bond court, it’s better to be lucky than good
In bond court, it’s better to be lucky than good.
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Do we have the right people locked up?
How a medieval court system is costing you money—and compromising safety
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Underemployed: two men, three women, and a baby
In episode two of MTV’s Underemployed, the gang is challenged with improving Raviva’s third day of motherhood
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Ten years in the big house
A show of prison photographs taken by Reader contributor Lloyd DeGrane over the course of a decade.
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Patrick Gleason, ex-con and actor
This week’s Chicagoan: Patrick Gleason, ex-con and actor
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A Second Rate Imitation, Watered Down Simulation
Back and forth and then back and then forth again. Circles kinda make me dizzy and I can’t think clearly when I’m dizzy.
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“Whoop whoop,” that’s the sound of the police-chase rumor
Chris Brown, DJ Khaled: not actually running from the cops, no matter what you heard