Lightfoot Proposes Ordinance To Release Previously Confidential Reports
Lightfoot’s proposed ordinance would allow the release of some inspector general reports.
Lightfoot’s proposed ordinance would allow the release of some inspector general reports.
For a mother who gave birth inside an Illinois prison, every chance to bond with her son was important.
Juvenile Justice advocates say there are better ways to use the millions of dollars the city spends on the JISC.
More than a hundred people gathered at Malcolm X College Thursday night for a hearing on mental health services in the city of Chicago.
The City Council voted to create the task force in order to explore what areas of the city are in most need of mental health services.
Chicago agreed to make massive reforms to policing. Chicagoans now have a clearer idea of how that will be monitored.
The family of Larry Earvin still knows little about what happened to him in a Western Illinois prison.
Advocates fear that the fallout could cause job, housing or immigration problems for those who’d been listed.
The jail population dropped by 16%, while the percentage of people charged with new crimes while out on bond held steady after reforms.
Strawberry Hampton said retaliation from guards for reporting physical and sexual abuse has lengthened her sentence by nine months.