Mayor Lightfoot Announces Plan To Sue Gangs For Their Assets
The Victims Justice Ordinance would allow the city to sue gang members in civil court to try to seize their assets.
Criminal Justice
The investigative reporters on WBEZ’s criminal justice desk tell the stories of the thousands of individuals churning through the legal systems every year in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois and hold to account the powerful officials in charge of those systems. Covering policing, jails and prisons, gun violence and solutions to it, WBEZ’s Criminal Justice team works to bring understanding to some of the most difficult problems facing our region.
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A New Contract For Chicago’s Police Includes $378 Million In Retroactive Raises
The deal, supported by 80% of union members, also allows the city to investigate complaints against officers without a sworn affidavit.
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Crowded U.S. Jails Drove Millions Of COVID-19 Cases, A New Study Says
The U.S. jail population has a 55% weekly turnover rate, raising the risk of infections passing between communities, according to the study.
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Chicago On Track To See Highest Murder Tally Since 1996
At least 524 residents had been murdered by the end of August, according to Chicago Police.
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Here’s How An Open Women’s Prison Works In Finland
Reset checks back in with WBEZ’s Natalie Moore to hear about her reporting trip in Finland.
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New Cook County Unit To Search For Long-Missing Girls And Women
Sheriff Tom Dart will use three dedicated detectives, DNA technology and a tip line to solve missing-person cases more than three years old.
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At Summer’s End, Chicago Murders Are Outpacing Any Year In A Quarter Century
Through Tuesday night, the city had 524 homicides, the most to date since 1996.
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What Chicago’s Gun Violence Survivors Need
Reset discusses resources gun violence survivors need to recover from physical, psychological and emotional trauma.
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More Than 30,000 People Shot In Chicago In 10 Years. Here’s What Survivors Say Is Needed.
Shooting survivors face physical and psychological recovery, often with little to no help. Could reallocating resources bring healing?
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Chicago Shooting Survivors Face Recovery With Few Resources
For every person killed from gun violence in Chicago, five are shot and survive. Those victims — about 30,000 in the last 10 years — are marked for life, and their road to recovery is often one with little to no resources.
