Chicago students in many of the city’s public schools are being pushed out. “We really…
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Rehabilitation Programs Instead of Imprisonment for Juveniles
It costs Illinois $111,000 a year to imprison one young person yet, there is no…
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Videotaping = Trespass? Chicago Man Faces Jail For Use Of iPhone
Gregory Koger faces months in Cook County jail for “unauthorized use of an iPhone.” He…
Update from Colorado as Former Governor Gets Ready for Prison
Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ate a double patty melt, his last meal as…
Prison Activist Talks Change With Columbia College Chicago
Gregory Koger, a prison paralegal, as well as a prison reform activist and former inmate who spent six years in an Illinois prison, spoke to Columbia College Chicago recently about unjust treatment of prisoners in California penitentiaries.
Illinois Offers Low-Risk Offenders Prison Alternative: Adult RedeployIll
The shallow scar by 48-year-old Craig Canser’s left eye serves as a gentle reminder of…
Ex-Offenders Face Trying Times Returning Home
Soldiers who return home from war are often haunted by graphic images of mutilated bodies,…
Creating a New Path: A North Lawndale Mentoring Program Helps Save Youth of Incarcerated Parents
Every morning, 16-year-old Justice McKinnley wakes up to the harsh reality that her father is…