Housing
What is the condition of your apartment?
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Injustice Watch is reporting on trends in evictions and building conditions. Help us by sharing your experiences.
Judicial Conduct
Videos of Cook County judge with massage parlor owner raise ethics questions
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Associate Judge Gregory P. Vazquez, who filed papers to retire amid Injustice Watch’s investigation, appears on a police raid body camera with the owner of a Brookfield massage parlor known for unlawful sex work. Vazquez said he was merely giving a friend a ride.
News
Governor signs bill limiting judges’ ability to order alcohol monitoring
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The measure follows an Injustice Watch investigation into abuses of the ankle bracelet program known as SCRAM.
News
Three strikes for Cook County prosecutors
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Illinois’ prosecutor-initiated resentencing law was supposed to be a progressive policy win. So far, it’s yielded no winners.
Judicial Elections
Election results: All Cook County judges won retention in 2022 election
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Democrats maintained their majority on the state’s highest court after winning one of the two competitive supreme court races in the collar counties.
Judicial Elections
We answer your last-minute questions about voting for judges
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Judicial elections can feel overwhelming, but you shouldn’t leave the ballot blank. Injustice Watch partnered with WBEZ’s “Curious City” to answer your questions about judicial elections.
Judicial Elections
With 40 reversed decisions, longtime Cook County criminal court judge seeks another 6-year term
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Though lauded for his handling of a specialized drug court program, Charles Burns’ decisions in felony cases have been undone by higher courts more often than his colleagues’.
Cam Systems
SCRAM devices come under fire from Cook County board
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Following Injustice Watch’s reporting, county commissioners held a hearing into the company that has billed more than $3 million to defendants ordered to wear SCRAM alcohol monitors.
News
SCRAM vendor continues to operate despite lapsed contract with Cook County
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With no oversight from county officials or direction from the chief judge, a private contractor continues to profit from court-ordered alcohol monitors.
Judicial Conduct
Her crime was driving without a license; a judge forced her to choose between months in jail or a year of alcohol monitoring
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Anastasia Strauther still doesn’t understand why Cook County Judge Gregory Vazquez ordered her to wear a sobriety monitor for a driving on a suspended license case.