SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner and state legislators announced March 2 a bipartisan effort…
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Neighborhoods and Incarceration
Most of the men and women leaving Cook County Jail have one thing in common:…
Arrest Doesn’t Always Equal Conviction and Senator Wants That Clear
The state of Illinois should not allow employers to check an applicant’s criminal history if…
Ex-Offenders Face Trying Times Returning Home
Soldiers who return home from war are often haunted by graphic images of mutilated bodies,…
Eye-Opening Seminar Exposes North Side Gangbanging
By Lorraine Swanson, Editor, Lake Effect News In a packed auditorium at Swedish Covenant Hospital,…
Proposed legislation sets time limits for inmates’ stay at Tamms prison
April 6, 2009 – Illinois lawmakers’ attempts to pass legislation that would outline how Tamms…