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Ro’Derick Zavala grew up in Chicago at 21st and State Street — the northern tip of a four-mile corridor lined with 8,000 units of public housing. His…
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Some women incarcerated in Illinois have not been receiving all the same benefits as their male counterparts.Men in work-release facilities are often…
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Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker is pushing for bigger salaries for Illinois' top government officials.The Pritzker team says the salaries of Illinois agency…
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Illinois prison inmates will continue to pay $5 for medical and dental visits, after the legislature tried and failed to get rid of the fee last…
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A new report suggests a third of the deaths in Illinois prisons are preventable.The document was filed as part of a class-action lawsuit accusing the…
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In 2016, the Illinois Department of Corrections reached a settlement agreeing to properly care for the needs of mentally ill inmates. The lawsuit was…
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A federal judge in Chicago has approved a settlement in a lawsuit over Illinois' handling of deaf prisoners.Howard Rosenblum once met an inmate who…
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The state of Illinois has agreed to settle a lawsuit over its treatment of prisoners who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.Under the settlement, the Illinois…
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Illinois officials have persuaded a federal judge to delay a trial over health care in state prisons.The move drew a rebuke from the plaintiffs’ lawyers —…
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A federal judge has ruled the Illinois prison system is still providing inadequate mental healthcare to inmates and that the treatment qualifies as cruel…