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The city is spending millions on creating jobs to clean up vacant lots and green public spaces in areas with high shooting rates, an approach backed by research on blight and crime.
Kim Foxx announced a partnership with the nonprofit to automate the process for clearing minor pot convictions.
Illinois is among the few states where formerly incarcerated regain their voting rights after release, but many are misinformed and unaware.
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.
Many of the state’s 4 million people with past felony convictions may be unaware that they have a right to vote after prison, while on probation or parole, or even while awaiting trial in jail.
Rahm Emanuel supports a bill that would ramp up penalties for gun possession, but a recent report explains why tougher sentencing hasn’t improved public safety in Illinois.
Here’s a roundup of how the Trump administration’s stated policy goals would interact with local laws on immigrant and religious protections, healthcare, housing, education and law enforcement.
A federal pilot program will provide microloans and teach former felons how to run their own businesses in four cities including Chicago.
Leaving prison is like having a second chance at life, a chance that starts the moment an inmate walks through the prison gate.
Arrests appear to follow a racial line, according a new study, which found nearly half (49 percent) of black males and 44 percent of Hispanic men in the United States are arrested by age 23.