Grace is a reporter at Injustice Watch covering housing issues through an intersectional lens, while examining current housing policies and programs and how they affect communities and people’s everyday lives. Grace was born in Chicago and raised by Nigerian parents, and she currently living in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
Ronnie Carrasquillo will be resentenced after 46 years in prison after an appellate court panel ruled he has not been given a ‘meaningful’ opportunity for parole by the state’s Prisoner Review Board. The ruling follows a 2017 Injustice Watch series, “The Long Wait,” which examined the board’s opaque process.
Injustice Watch is reporting on trends in evictions and building conditions. Help us by sharing your experiences.
Every year, about 20,000 people leave Illinois prisons. Two in five will return to prison within three years. State and local officials want to stop this tragic and expensive cycle.
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Facing eviction? New Cook County programs aim to help keep people in their homes. Here’s what you need to know about navigating eviction proceedings.
A court order filed this week will grant Injustice Watch access to previously unavailable eviction data during the pandemic.
In a press release last month, officials said Legionella had been found in two prisons, but records show it had actually been found at five.
Men inside Stateville prison say the water is discolored and murky and smells like sewage. Officials say the water is safe to drink, but they’ve been bringing in water from outside.
An ordinance that has stalled in the Chicago City Council would protect renters from being evicted through no fault of their own and require landlords to provide relocation assistance.
A new round of rental assistance for Cook County tenants facing eviction comes as the statewide eviction moratorium is set to end.