juvenile detention
Most juvenile detention centers in Illinois are failing to meet state standards
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Audit reports show juvenile detention centers across the state are overusing room confinement and providing insufficient mental health services to youths in custody, among other issues.
News
Judge overturns murder conviction that was based on eyewitness who was legally blind
Prosecutors said they plan to retry Darien Harris, who was sentenced to 76 years in prison for a 2011 murder in Woodlawn based on the eyewitness testimony of a man who it was later discovered was legally blind.
Housing
Mayor Johnson sets sights on enshrining right to counsel for Chicago tenants in eviction court
Despite a lack of data on the right-to-counsel pilot program, city officials and advocates say expanding it is a necessary step to help stem the tide of evictions in Chicago.
Commentary
It’s time to make Illinois courts subject to the public-records law
By Jonah Newman |
For decades, Illinois courts have written themselves out of the state’s Freedom of Information Act. A new bill could change that and bring much-needed transparency to the court system.
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