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May, 2010
Download a briefing sheet on this issue [PDF] In 2005, the sheriff of Kankakee County, Ill., discovered the alchemy necessary to turn the financial burden of operating jails into a financial boon. He rented to other correctional agencies–"including Cook County Jail–"as many of his 668 beds as possible. Running a jail–"particularly, leasing the beds–"is dangerous work. Jails are war...
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October, 2009
Under pressure from a Cook County judge, the Illinois State Police has relaxed its opposition to sealing or expunging the criminal records of thousands of ex-offenders in the last seven months, but hundreds have yet to reap the benefits.
Paul P. Biebel Jr., presiding judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County Criminal Division, demanded in March that the police begin sealing and expunging the...
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August, 2009
This is the second installment in a three-part series for Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham. Now in its 19th year, Chicago Matters--an award-winning annual public information series made possible by the Chicago Community Trust, with programming by WTTW11, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library and the Reporter--returns to explore how our region can thrive in a global era. For more...
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May, 2009
March 6
The Illinois State Police responds to The Chicago Reporter's Freedom of Information Act request, sending a table of statistics indicating the agency voided about 8,500 orders from 2004 to 2008.
March 9
Paul P. Biebel Jr., presiding judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County Criminal Division, learns about the number of voided orders from the Reporter and meets impromptu with legal...
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March, 2009
Linda Parker's final paycheck came to the mailbox of her Bronzeville home a week after her 2004 accident. When her daughter retrieved it, she brought it upstairs into the bedroom where the then 47- year-old lay injured from her fall at work. A misstep on a ladder had dumped Parker on the ground, crushing three of her higher vertebrae, immobilizing her for a few weeks. The paycheck was her...
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January, 2009
Lloyd Kelly made up his mind when he became an AIDS activist that in order to wipe out HIV, he would have to battle the bureaucrats. They forced HIV nonprofits to waste time meticulously documenting the outlay of HIV tax dollars. Eradicating HIV required urgent, bold action, he argued. Kelly, a bald, 48-year-old Chicago man with long, thick eyelashes and a diamond in his left ear, considered...
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