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Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton and First Lady MK Pritzker Continue Justice Reform Collaboration with Facility Tours

Lt. Governor Stratton, left center, First Lady MK Pritzker, center, with agency staff members and stakeholders outside the Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center. Lt. Governor Juliana...

Innocent Man Freed After 12 Years: Darien Harris Fights for Justice and Accountability

Wrongfully convicted at 18 due to false testimony, Darien Harris endured years of abuse in prison. With the help of the Exoneration Project, he...

Voting Behind Bars

This article was first published in The Chicago Reporter. The gym could pass for any Election Day polling place. Two volunteer election judges hurriedly sorted...

Willie Wilson Raising $100,000 to Bail Out Inmates on Thanksgiving

Willie Wilson is giving Cook County Jail inmates something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. The former Chicago Mayoral candidate and businessman is raising...

Horrifying Details Emerge In Tyshawn Lee Case

Court Case Reveals Sadistic Perpetrator By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer According to media reports, Chicago police have arrested Dwight Boone-Doty and charged him with the...

Toni Preckwinkle: In the Eye of the Storm

It's been nearly six years since Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle took over the Executive Chief seat of the largest county in the...

Cook County Jail: Alleged Sexual Harassment and Racial Discrimination

Serious concerns of things going on behind the walls of the Cook County jail have been brought to the Defender’s attention. These concerns lay...

Mental Health and The Homeless

In Chicago, along the Dan Ryan and Kennedy expressways, it is normal to be greeted by the homeless holding up signs for help. Many...

Inmate Attacks Jail Officers For The Fourth Time

COOK COUNTY, IL – A Schaumburg man, who is already facing charges for assaulting Cook County Jail correctional officers earlier this year, is under...

'Sadistic Violence' At Cook County Jail Alleged In New Lawsuit, Sheriff Calls Claims 'Fictional'

Guards at one of the nation's largest jails systematically engage in "sadistic violence and brutality" against inmates, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed...

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