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- News & Politics, Feature Dec 24, 2020
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In the dark
COVID-19 hospitalizations at Illinois corrections department leave incarcerated peoples’ loved ones with questions
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 30, 2020
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No complaints
Roosevelt Myles spent 28 years in prison, only to be released into a world in lockdown. He's happier than he’s been in a long time.
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 1, 2020
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‘Ain’t I matter? Don’t I count?’
Raptivist Bella Bahhs elucidates the importance—and the failures of—the census for formerly incarcerated women.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 30, 2020
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Dozens of reports from inside Cook County Jail paint a grim picture as COVID-19 cases soar
Prisoners say the jail, which has seen more than 800 confirmed cases, is a "death trap."
- News & Politics, News Apr 13, 2020
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‘I’m not overreacting’
A man who has waited 20 years for a court-ordered hearing is trying to secure release from prison before the virus hits.
- News & Politics, Feature Nov 20, 2019
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‘The big house and the picket fence’
Tonya Crowder still dreams that she and her fiance, Roosevelt Myles—who’s been in prison for decades fighting what he says is a wrongful conviction—will one day build a life together somewhere “nice, quiet, and simple.”
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 25, 2018
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Life inside a supermax prison
Tamms Correctional Center was Illinois's only supermax prison. The Reader may have played a part in shutting it down.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2017
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Masturbation epidemic in Cook County court lockups raises questions about jail conditions, county budget, defendants' rights
Public defenders, especially women, are being sexually harassed while visiting defendants in lockup.
- Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2017
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This Mother’s Day, groups rally to support incarcerated moms
Through toiletry drives, “bail-outs,” and reunification rides, local activists work to brighten Mother’s Day in jail and prison.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2016
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Cook County commissioner calls for study to ‘examine the status of the African-American male’
Richard Boykin hopes better data may bring much-needed relief to a demographic facing dire problems.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2015
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State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold
Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2015
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Is state's attorney Anita Alvarez protecting public safety—or an obstacle to justice?
The race to be Cook County's top prosecutor gets under way with questions about fairness and incarceration.
- News & Politics, Feature Oct 16, 2013
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Do we have the right people locked up?
How a medieval court system is costing you money—and compromising safety
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 21, 2013
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A dream unrealized for African-Americans in Chicago
When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, most blacks here were living in poor, segregated neighborhoods. They still are.
- Columns & Opinion, On Media May 29, 2012
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The age of innocence is over
Did Willie Donald do it? The Medill Innocence Project no longer cares.
- Arts & Culture, Art Critic's Choice Nov 23, 2011
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Ten years in the big house
Lloyd DeGrane's "Prison" show documents doing time
- Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2011
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A Prison Visit on Mother's Day
A mother plans on spending Mother's Day with her son, who's imprisoned at Menard Correctional Facility.
