Jobs After Jail: Ending the Prison to Poverty Pipeline
State regulations bar formerly incarcerated workers from good jobs and a chance at stability About 70 million people in...
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County Board President’s Chief of Staff Announces Resignation; Will Head Statewide Children’s Advocacy Group
Tasha Green Cruzat, chief of staff to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, announced that she will leave her County...
Connecticut Inmate Requesting Unbiased Legal Representation
Connecticut inmate, Dr. Ernest C. Garlington, requesting unbiased legal representation following testimony that sentencing judge's wife intimidated his attorney. ...
State Rep. Ford Hosts Press Conference on Foster Care
CHICAGO, IL –Illinois State Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago and Breaking Bread Group to Advance Foster Care hosted a...
Senator Kirk: Gitmo Prisoners Belong in Gitmo, Not in the U.S. with Constitutional Rights
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) released the following statement after President Obama announced plans to close the...
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Annual Justice Department African American History Month Observance Program
Remarks as prepared for delivery U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch: Thank you, Richard , for that kind introduction and...
Speaker Madigan Announces Bipartisan Special House Committee on Public Private Partnerships
CHICAGO, IL – To ensure integrity within any public-private partnership created in Illinois and that all ethical and transparency...
Residents From Several Wards Unite to Stop Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Say crime will spill into other wards By Chinta Strausberg Fearful of crime spilling into their wards if...
Court Hearing Continues for Mike Siviwe Elliott, Activist Against Police Crimes, Falsely Charged for Filming Cop Assaulting Woman on Metra Train Platform
On December 29, 2015 Mike Siviwe Elliott, while riding on the Metra Train, observed a Metra police officer abusing LaTonya...
Racial Disparity in Florida’s Seatbelt Citations
Race & Justice News From: The Sentencing Project Policing Black motorists in Florida are stopped and ticketed for seatbelt violations...
