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An EPA complaint alleges that the state discriminated against the Latino and Black communities in southeast Chicago when it approved new permits allowing the scrapyard to move into the community without proper public participation and meetings.
Chicago Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia is leading a push to reverse decades of punitive policies that land thousands of immigrants in detention each year after coming into contact with the criminal justice system.
Illinois is one of a handful of U.S. states that will prioritize incarcerated people in the next phase of its rollout.
If signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the legislation would restore the driving privileges of some 11,000 people by July.
A bill that would end the use of cash bail statewide passed in the Illinois legislature this week. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign the provision, part of a massive criminal justice reform bill, into law.
A little-discussed amendment to the sweeping criminal justice package creates a new process to decertify Illinois police officers. But transparency advocates are alarmed by provisions that appear to restrict public access to misconduct records.
Lawmakers could vote this week on changes to a controversial statute that advocates say helps drive mass incarceration.
2020 was an unprecedented year, and our reporting team worked to cover the courts, judicial elections, the movement against racism and police violence, and Covid-19. Here are some of our best stories this year.
Este artículo, publicado originalmente en inglés por Injustice Watch, está disponible en español gracias al proyecto “Traduciendo las noticias de Chicago”, del Instituto de Noticias Sin Fines de Lucro (INN). Read in English. El hijo de Cynthia McDonald, Joseph Wilson, contrajo Covid-19 a finales de marzo mientras cumplía su sentencia de cadena perpetua por asesinato en primer grado e intento de robo; esto en el Centro Correccional de Stateville, ubicado a unas 40 millas al suroeste de Chicago. McDonald dijo que se enteró que lo habían sacado de la prisión en una ambulancia por una llamada telefónica de su sobrino, que había sido contactado por un guardia de la prisión que era amigo de Wilson. Pero la madre, que vive en la comunidad de Auburn Gresham al sur Chicago, comentó que los funcionarios de la prisión nunca le notificaron formalmente que Wilson había sido hospitalizado debido al virus mortal.
Advocates say the pandemic has exacerbated a long-standing problem of Illinois prison officials failing to inform families when their loved ones fall ill.