Gov. J.B. Pritzker is deploying medics from the Illinois National Guard to the Illinois Department of Corrections facility, where advocates have declared a ‘disaster.’
Perspectives
A moral argument — and course of action — for legalized marijuana in 2020
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As cannabis becomes legal in more states, religious leaders should be truth-tellers of the racialized history and disparate impact of the war on drugs in recommending how their congregations and communities should respond.
Perspectives
Sheriff Tom Dart says Cook County Jail is the first to end solitary confinement. Here’s what it looks like from the inside.
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The Special Management Unit is supposed to be an alternative to isolating people who are violent in jail or break the rules, but a recent tour raises questions about how rehabilitative it is, especially for those in need of mental health care.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Chicago Police Department’s new gun-pointing policy misses the target
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Nominally new standards do nothing to rein in abuses, particularly a widespread and ongoing pattern of officers holding small children at gunpoint.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Police consent decree report raises ‘alarm signals’ for next superintendent
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The independent monitor’s first report finds that the Chicago Police Department is behind in implementing required reforms on use of force, accountability and community engagement.
Criminal Justice
Chicago’s new interim top cop Charlie Beck comes with a Black Lives Matter warning
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After three ‘tumultuous’ years, Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s resignation raises questions about police reform as a former LAPD chief steps in.
Criminal Justice
Has weed been overpoliced in your neighborhood? Map shows where entrepreneurs could qualify for a boost
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Living in an area disproportionately impacted by marijuana arrests can be a plus on your cannabis business application in Illinois, one of several “social equity” measures accompanying legalization next year.
Criminal Justice
Laquan McDonald activists want federal civil rights charges filed against Jason Van Dyke and other officers
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William Calloway said organizers will consider a mass protest on Black Friday if they don’t get a response from U.S. Attorney John Lausch.
Criminal Justice
Stop-and-frisk down 80% in Chicago but Black and Latinx people still hit the hardest, judge finds
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President Donald Trump took aim at the Chicago Police Department as a new report details reform efforts ushered in by an agreement with the ACLU.
Government and Politics
Chicago City Council quietly begins push to decriminalize psychedelics
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Ald. Brian Hopkins sponsored a resolution calling for the city to deprioritize arrests and investigations of adults using the drugs and for the public health department to study the plants as alternative treatment options.
Criminal Justice
The Kim Foxx effect: how prosecutions have changed in Cook County
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The state’s attorney promised to transform the office. Data shows she’s dismissed thousands of felonies that would have been pursued in the past.