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    Coronavirus

    Most Illinois prison staff haven’t gotten Covid-19 boosters

    By Adam M. Rhodes (The Chicago Reader) | January 7, 2022

    Fewer than one in ten prison staffers have received a booster, even as Covid-19 cases spike in correctional facilities across the state.

    Housing
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    Cook County launches court-based rental assistance program for people facing eviction

    By Grace Asiegbu | September 30, 2021

    A new round of rental assistance for Cook County tenants facing eviction comes as the statewide eviction moratorium is set to end.

    COVID-19

    No one knows how many Chicago cops are vaccinated against Covid-19

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Josh McGhee | August 30, 2021

    How many cops have gotten their vaccine shots? The question has a definite answer. But no one in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office or the police department seems able to put a number on it.

    The Courts
    Chief Judge Timothy Evans

    Chicago advocates press chief judge on domestic violence court access, treatment of survivors

    By Grace Asiegbu and Kelly Garcia | August 5, 2021

    Survivors of gender-based violence face barriers to court access that have worsened amid the Covid-19 pandemic, advocates and attorneys say. Chief Judge Tim Evans has pledged to enact changes in response to the criticism.

    Immigration

    In Little Village, an immigrant-led artists’ commune resists as developer seeks eviction

    By Alexandra Arriaga (Borderless Magazine) | February 24, 2021

    In the midst of a housing crisis that has left immigrant renters among the most vulnerable, a group of immigrant punk rock musicians are fighting to stay at a commercial building they’ve called home for years.

    COVID-19

    Illinois criminal justice reform ends cash bail, changes felony murder rule

    By Emanuella Evans and Rita Oceguera | February 23, 2021

    Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs historic criminal justice reform package into law, reforming almost every area of the justice system — from police accountability to pretrial detention to sentencing.

    News

    Should incarcerated people get early access to Covid-19 vaccines? Illinois says ‘yes.’

    By Kiran Misra | January 20, 2021

    Illinois is one of a handful of U.S. states that will prioritize incarcerated people in the next phase of its rollout.

    News

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

    By Grace Del Vecchio (City Bureau), Kelly Garcia, Corli Jay (City Bureau) and F. Amanda Tugade (City Bureau) | December 2, 2020

    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.

    Essential Work

    Listen: Youth organizers discuss Black joy, West Side history and the future

    By Erisa Apantaku (South Side Weekly) and Adeshina Emmanuel | October 1, 2020

    “We are the revolution. It is in our bodies. It is in our bones. It is in our art. It is in the way that we speak.”

    Essential Work

    Essential Work: Young Black activists ‘in the middle of history’ confront Covid-19 and racism

    By China Smith and Miracle Boyd | July 15, 2020

    GoodKids MadCity youth organizers China Smith and Miracle Boyd reflect on their experiences amid the pandemic and the growing movement against racial injustice, part of our ‘Essential Work’ series.

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    We, the Injustice Watch staff, feel pain and anger, like so many in our community, over the police killing of George Floyd and the systemic racism his death represents. The list of Black people whose lives have been cut short by police brutality is excruciatingly long.

    2020 Judicial Primary Election Guide
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    13 states have never exonerated a prisoner based on DNA evidence. Here’s why.

    Hundreds of state prisoners have successfully used DNA evidence to win exonerations in the past three decades — except in 13 states. The states are Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont.

    Cook County judicial candidate, colleague misled jury into wrongful conviction

    This is the first of a series of Injustice Watch reports on candidates and campaigning for the Cook County Circuit Court 2018 elections.  Longtime Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Michael Gerber achieved his lifelong dream in December 2016 when the state Supreme Court appointed him to the Cook County Circuit Court, filling a vacancy. But as he now runs to win a full six-year term, Gerber faces a potential obstacle: Another Cook County judge has ruled that Gerber and a second prosecutor made false statements to a jury that led to a wrongful conviction.

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