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Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2018
Why the nationwide strike against ‘modern-day slavery’ may not reach Illinois. And why it's already here.

IDOC's job opportunities are so few and repression of organizing so intense that few inmates may be joining the nationwide labor strike. That doesn't mean they're not resisting.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Criminal Justice, nationwide prisoner strike, prison strike, prison labor strike, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, Alan Mills, Monica Cosby, Brian Nelson, Uptown People's Law Center, prisoner rights, incarceration, Illinois Department of Corrections, Lindsey Hess, Tamms, Stateville, Menard, Logan, prison labor, mass incarceration, war on drugs, solitary confinement

News & Politics, Feature May 16, 2018
Officials hope much-hyped drug can slow state's opioid crisis, but is it worth the costs?

Vivitrol, which costs $1,000 an injection, shows some hope in treating addicts but its aggressive marketing has come under fire, and the drug is not without risks.
- By Bill Myers
- Tags: Feature, News, Politics, poppy, vivitrol, chicago, opioid, alkermes, illinois, opioid crisis, cta, opioid action plan, bruce rauner, governor, sheridan correctional center, lasalle county, illinois department of corrections, lindsey hess, kevin fiscella, university of rochester, suboxone, idoc, canadian agency for drugs and technology in health, medicaid, lancet, american journal of medicine, department of public health, cook county public health, sinnissippi centers, julie naples, sec, kamala harris, richard pops, new york times, suboxone, fda, gabitril, cephalon, naltrexone, sheridan, division of alcoholism and substance abuse, suboxone, methadone, pritzker

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