Northwestern University brings college to an Illinois women’s prison
It’s the only program in Illinois where women who are incarcerated can earn a bachelor’s degree and among a small number of programs nationwide.
It’s the only program in Illinois where women who are incarcerated can earn a bachelor’s degree and among a small number of programs nationwide.
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Police said two of the victims are Chicago Public Schools students and a third is enrolled at an alternative school.
That’s according to documents obtained by the Washington Post.
The charges against Officer Karol Chwiesiuk include disorderly conduct in a restricted building. The judge set his trial to begin May 1.
The onetime Chicago City Council member from Bridgeport was found guilty in February of two counts of lying to regulators and five counts of filing false income tax returns.
Reporter John Woodrow Cox uses the Chicago stories to illustrate how children who lose parents are not getting the support they need to heal.
The now-37-year-old woman, referred to as Jane, was the central figure in Kelly’s 2008 state court trial, but declined to testify then. That trial ended with Kelly’s acquittal.
A man was arrested after allegedly groping three women in Chicago. An anonymous survivor shared her story with Block Club Chicago.
Mauricio Ramirez, 32, is the first person convicted in the year-old investigation by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office.