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At Stateville maximum security prison, first group of prisoners earns college degrees from...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBefore Sheila Bedi starts her law school class, the Northwestern University professor’s nearly 20...
Stakeholders complain about lack of information on plan to shutter and rebuild Stateville and Logan...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSPRINGFIELD — After two lengthy and occasionally tense public meetings during which employees and...
For the first time, US prisoners graduate from top university
Reuters via AOL· 7 months agoEvanston, Illinois-based Northwestern, which U.S. News & World Report ranks ninth for national...
Chicago cousins freed after being wrongfully incarcerated for 42 years
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCHICAGO (CBS) – Two cousins who have been incarcerated for more than 40 years were freed after a...
Tiffany Henyard faces more accusations • Riot Fest gets a makeover • New Chicago migrant shelter
WFLD via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWEDNESDAY NEWS FLASH - The head of the Dolton Park District claims embattled Mayor Tiffany Henyard is playing political games with their efforts to improve the town's parks. Dolton Park District ...
$25 million settlement in works for two men wrongfully convicted in 1993 slaying of Chicago...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCHICAGO -- Two men convicted in the slaying of a college basketball standout in Chicago 30 years ago...
In ‘Killing Time,’ an attorney confronts her time with John Wayne Gacy
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoShe was a kid, really, the 28-year-old attorney Karen Conti when she came face-to-face with the...
Daywatch: Chicago has a new ‘I voted!’ sticker
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGood morning, Chicago. As Tuesday’s Illinois primary election approaches, early voters have been introduced to a new unique design for what’s arguably the most fun part of casting a ballot in ...
Editorial: Tough on crime should not mean inhumane US prison conditions
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAt the Waupun Correctional Institution, a maximum security Wisconsin penitentiary located about three hours northwest of Chicago, some 1,000 prisoners have been confined mostly to their cells ...