Our analysis shows a troubling pattern of officers charging alleged victims of police misconduct with aggravated battery or assault to a police officer or resisting arrest.
Unequal Discipline
A small state with big ideas on rehabilitating female prisoners
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In Vermont, officers are trained to institute sanctions in ways that are tailored to women’s needs and behavior.
16 Shots
Reacting to Van Dyke conviction, Chicagoans take to the streets
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While some celebrated the conviction and others protested the political system that tried to cover up the murder of Laquan McDonald, both groups seem to agree that in the city of Chicago and for people of color, justice remains a work in progress.
Perspectives
Van Dyke conviction offers moment of accountability for Chicago police
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Unlike so many times before, in the case of Laquan McDonald, justice worked. But not without the help of journalists, street activists, and extraordinary public scrutiny.
Criminal Justice
Meet the nine teams that want to monitor the Chicago Police consent decree
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State and city officials will choose an independent monitor that will have authority over the expensive, years-long effort to reform CPD.
Perspectives
Is the only way to fix policing to end it?
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After years of abuse, cover-ups and costs, many Chicago activists say it’s clear that policing can’t be reformed.
Criminal Justice
Five things to watch as CPD consent decree moves forward
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Several questions remain after Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Police Supt. Eddie Johnson released a draft plan to reform the Chicago Police Department.
Criminal Justice
Prostitution-loitering law likely to target women of color for arrest
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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.