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Home » jail

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Posted inAgenda

Jail support, political consultants, and The Bat

by Micco Caporale, Salem Collo-Julin and Kerry Reid August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

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 […]

Posted inNews & Politics

Dozens of reports from inside Cook County Jail paint a grim picture as COVID-19 cases soar

by Maya Dukmasova April 30, 2020August 18, 2021

Prisoners say the jail, which has seen more than 800 confirmed cases, is a “death trap.”

Posted inNews & Politics

Efforts to turn Cook County Jail into a polling location persist following governor’s veto

by Julia Hale November 1, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold

by Mick Dumke July 16, 2015August 18, 2021

Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.

Posted inBlogs

Is state’s attorney Anita Alvarez protecting public safety—or an obstacle to justice?

by Mick Dumke June 15, 2015August 18, 2021

The race to be Cook County’s top prosecutor gets under way with questions about fairness and incarceration.

Posted inBlogs

Cook County state’s attorney: Time to lay off the pot prosecutions

by Mick Dumke April 20, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

If facts are taken into account, Rahm’s budget claims don’t all add up

by Mick Dumke October 24, 2013August 19, 2021

Fact-checking Mayor Emanuel’s budget speech

Posted inNews & Politics

In bond court, it’s better to be lucky than good

by Mick Dumke October 17, 2013August 19, 2021

In bond court, it’s better to be lucky than good.

Posted inNews & Politics

Do we have the right people locked up?

by Mick Dumke October 16, 2013August 19, 2021

How a medieval court system is costing you money—and compromising safety

Posted inBlogs

Underemployed: two men, three women, and a baby

by Asher Klein October 25, 2012August 19, 2021

In episode two of MTV’s Underemployed, the gang is challenged with improving Raviva’s third day of motherhood

Posted inArts & Culture

Ten years in the big house

by Sam Worley November 23, 2011August 19, 2021

A show of prison photographs taken by Reader contributor Lloyd DeGrane over the course of a decade.

Posted inNews & Politics

Patrick Gleason, ex-con and actor

by Anne Ford October 6, 2011August 19, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan: Patrick Gleason, ex-con and actor

Posted inReader

A Second Rate Imitation, Watered Down Simulation

by Heartbroker September 29, 2010August 19, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Wilding

by Cliff Doerksen August 4, 2010August 19, 2021

Not all wild men worked in a circus

Posted inBlogs

“Whoop whoop,” that’s the sound of the police-chase rumor

by Miles Raymer February 10, 2009August 19, 2021

Chris Brown, DJ Khaled: not actually running from the cops, no matter what you heard

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