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    The Circuit
    The Circuit

    Explore nearly two decades of Cook County court data

    By Injustice Watch, The Better Government Association, The Chicago Reporter and DataMade | October 22, 2020

    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

    By Jonah Newman | September 14, 2020

    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?

    By Jonah Newman | August 25, 2020

    Injustice Watch answers your questions about the upcoming judicial retention races in Cook County.

    Data

    Why is the Cook County Jail population rising?

    By Connor Echols and Jonah Newman | July 17, 2020

    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

    By Jonah Newman | May 12, 2020

    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

    By Jonah Newman | April 7, 2020

    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.

    Elderly and Ill IDOC inmates
    Coronavirus

    Elderly inmates are at high risk for coronavirus. Why are there so many of them in Illinois’s prisons?

    By Emily Hoerner and Jonah Newman | March 30, 2020

    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

    By Jonah Newman | March 26, 2020

    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

    By Jonah Newman | March 25, 2020

    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

    By Jonah Newman | February 25, 2020

    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

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