Kelly Garcia, Author at Injustice Watch

Kelly Garcia

Kelly Garcia reports on youths, prisons, and the court system. Before joining Injustice Watch in 2022, Kelly was a staff writer at the Chicago Reader, where she wrote about news and politics on the Southwest Side. In 2022, the Chicago Journalists Association named her Emerging Journalist of the Year for her reporting on the private music festivals occupying Douglass Park. She was born in Miami and raised in Orlando before moving to Chicago for college. She now lives on the Lower West Side.

A four-story white building that houses the Cook County Juvenile Court and Juvenile Temporary Detention Center

Youth Incarceration

State education officials order CPS to fix special education issues for students behind bars

The Illinois State Board of Education issued a corrective action plan for Chicago Public Schools in response to a complaint over alleged failures to serve special education students at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.

by Kelly Garcia April 14, 2021January 31, 2024

Chicago mayor’s ‘pandemic budget’ passes, but with the most opposition in 30 years

After a historic budget season, 21 City Council members voted against the mayor’s proposed budget last week. City Bureau spoke with organizers and members of City Council about their plans moving forward.

by Grace Del Vecchio, Kelly Garcia, Corli Jay and F. Amanda Tugade December 2, 2020January 26, 2024

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