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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: Cook County Jail

Posted inPerspectives: The Powers That Be

Cook County Jail should reduce population to address coronavirus threat

by Curtis Black March 16, 2020March 20, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice, Perspectives

Sheriff Tom Dart says Cook County Jail is the first to end solitary confinement. Here’s what it looks like from the inside.

by Valerie Kiebala December 17, 2019January 21, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice

Voting could soon be easier at all Illinois jails

by La Risa Lynch April 9, 2018August 22, 2019
Posted inCriminal Justice, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

No need for Tom Dart to be gun-shy on bail reform

by Curtis Black March 5, 2018March 7, 2018
Posted inCriminal Justice

Bond court reforms may lead to more punitive pretrial conditions: report

by Jonah Newman October 25, 2017November 8, 2017
Posted inCriminal Justice, Perspectives

Past incarceration does not bar you from voting in Illinois

by Michelle Mbekeani-Wiley September 11, 2017September 11, 2017
Posted inCriminal Justice

Ability to vote compromised for thousands behind bars

by La Risa Lynch July 10, 2017April 30, 2018
Posted inEconomic Development, Transportation

Cook County plan links transportation and racial equity

by La Risa Lynch September 8, 2016September 8, 2016
Posted inCriminal Justice

A community solution to cash bail

by Jonah Newman January 13, 2016June 30, 2017
Posted inCriminal Justice

Chronic disease linked to poverty affects deaths behind bars

by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux October 12, 2015October 12, 2015

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