The Circuit
Explore nearly two decades of Cook County court data
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A new collaboration allows a first-of-its-kind look at more than 3 million Cook County criminal court cases since 2000.
Cook County Democratic Party
Cook County Democrats drop two judges from retention endorsement
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Party leadership voted overwhelmingly not to endorse judges Michael Toomin and Mauricio Araujo for retention.
Cook County judges
What’s a judicial retention election, anyway?
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Injustice Watch answers your questions about the upcoming judicial retention races in Cook County.
Data
Why is the Cook County Jail population rising?
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There are about 800 more people in the jail than there were in early May. Injustice Watch took a closer look at what’s causing the change.
Coronavirus
Stateville prison reopens decrepit ‘F-House’ to hold inmates with COVID-19
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About 70 men are being quarantined in Stateville prison’s notorious roundhouse, which was closed after being criticized for its poor conditions and “inhumane” design.
Coronavirus
Former U. Chicago student, shot by police, has COVID-19 symptoms in Cook County jail
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Charles Thomas has been denied bond twice since mid-March, even as judges and prosecutors have said publicly that they are doing everything they can to release people from the jail.
Coronavirus
Elderly inmates are at high risk for coronavirus. Why are there so many of them in Illinois’s prisons?
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Older inmates have mostly been left behind by criminal justice reforms. Now, after one inmate has already died from COVID-19, more than two thousand of them are at serious risk.
Coronavirus
Track the coronavirus cases inside Cook County jail
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As the coronavirus spreads inside the Cook County jail, Injustice Watch is tracking the number of cases and the population inside.
Coronavirus
As coronavirus spreads in Cook County jail, 300 people have been released
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Data shows people are still being booked into the jail, even as 17 detainees and four correctional officers have tested positive so far for the virus that causes COVID-19.
News
City watchdog: Juvenile diversion program has failed to meet goals
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The city has operated the Juvenile Intervention and Support Center “for almost fourteen years without demonstrating evidence of its effectiveness,” according to the Inspector General