Amy Qin

Amy Qin is a data reporter for WBEZ, where she uses storytelling to make data informative and accessible for communities across Chicago. She was an Injustice Watch summer fellow in 2021.

Prisons and Jails

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Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law

By Carlos Ballesteros, Shannon Heffernan (WBEZ) and Amy Qin (WBEZ) | August 30, 2023

The Joe Coleman Medical Release Act was expected to have freed hundreds of terminally ill and medically incapacitated prisoners in Illinois by now. But only a few dozen have been released, an investigation from Injustice Watch and WBEZ reveals.

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