Episode 2: Us and Them
Two Black women took mental health jobs at one of Illinois’ toughest prisons. What happened when they reported what they saw behind the wall.
Two Black women took mental health jobs at one of Illinois’ toughest prisons. What happened when they reported what they saw behind the wall.
“This is not the place where Adam deserved to die, in an alley alone at night at 13 years old,” the teen’s sister said tearfully during a vigil Tuesday.
The scams are costing renters thousands of dollars.
In an opening statement, a federal prosecutor said guards brutally beat 65-year-old Larry Earvin while he was handcuffed and conspired to cover it up.
Season 4 focuses on big prisons in small towns within the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends a judge’s decision to extend the deadline, saying time frame was “unrealistic” for such massive changes.
Men in an Illinois prison said they were beaten in a spot with no security cameras. But no one took action, until someone died.
But the state’s attorney won’t say how these cases, all tied to ex-Sgt. Ronald Watts, differ from 169 convictions already thrown out.
Detectives in the north suburb who got a 15-year-old to confess to a shooting he didn’t commit may yet face discipline, Mayor Ann B. Taylor announced Monday night.
The Chicago officer was filmed swinging at Miracle Boyd, 18, during a 2020 protest against a Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park.