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.
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.
News
Chicago man becomes first in Illinois to get reduced sentence under new law
A law passed in 2021 empowered prosecutors to revisit excessive sentences, but so far, only two people have been released. Said one: ‘Two years into it, it’s helped two people?’
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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