Chicago police have a record of arresting women for selling sex rather than men for buying it. A new ordinance borrows from anti-loitering measures that target black and Hispanic neighborhoods.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Arrestees not getting speedy access to counsel in Chicago
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The Chicago Police Department fails to follow the law and its own directives to allow those in custody a phone call to a lawyer within one hour of arrest, advocates say.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Instead of more policing, a model to provide more services
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Stakeholders in Illinois, around the country and across the spectrum are proposing ways for police, as first responders, to arrest and incarcerate less and help more, but additional funding is needed.
Criminal Justice
Solitary confinement of juveniles on the rise in Cook County
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As other cities and states have moved to ban using solitary confinement as punishment for teens, the practice has increased at one of the largest juvenile jails in the country.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
In police oversight proposal, mayoral ally cribs off wrong model
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Ald. Ariel Reboyras seeks to weaken civilians’ potential role in police accountability by drawing from purely advisory bodies in Los Angeles and Seattle.
Criminal Justice
Voting could soon be easier at all Illinois jails
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A proposed bill would create a uniform process for those awaiting trial behind bars to register and vote at county jails, where many detainees lack access to the ballot.
Criminal Justice
U. of C. police shooting came at time of increased stops, continued disparities
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In the months before the off-campus shooting of student Charles Thomas, University of Chicago police sharply stepped-up proactive stops, overwhelmingly targeting people of color, our analysis shows.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
No need for Tom Dart to be gun-shy on bail reform
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The sheriff, known as a reformer, is backtracking on measures that have brought Cook County Jail’s population down to record lows by reducing pretrial detention.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Chicago’s pattern of withholding evidence in police misconduct cases keeps getting worse
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Despite the mayor’s pledges, the city’s law department continues to face judicial sanctions for failing to turn over evidence in lawsuits over policing.
Criminal Justice
More African-Americans apply to become cops, but few make it to finish line
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Although the police department is pushing to diversify, it’s hiring whites and Latinos at rates more than double that of blacks, analysis shows.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Cook County judge, prosecutors at odds over disgraced cop’s credibility
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As more murder cases connected to former detective Reynaldo Guevara get overturned, the state’s attorney’s office still stands by his police work.