-
People in Illinois prisons are required to take a civics course before their release to learn their voting rights. “I think, generally across the population, there's a lot of misinformation. A lot of guys just didn't know.” The program is peer-led by incarcerated people. Learn more about the program.
-
“It just made me realize that there's more to the world. We sat in Dr. Jacobs’ class and I feel like the four or five of us that were there from the facility raised our hand more than, more than those students.”
-
On a new Teachers' Lounge, we talk to a professor about teaching people in prison about psychology and childhood trauma and why she's leading a new bachelor's degree program at Big Muddy Correctional Center.
-
Over 10,000 people incarcerated in Illinois prisons have tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic -- that’s one out of every three people serving…
-
A few years ago, DePaul professor Dr. Christina Rivers started teaching a different kind of law and politics course.About half of the class is made up of…
-
A package of bills signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker is aimed at helping newly-released Illinois prisoners find their way back into the democratic…
-
A new report published by a national non-profit finds that Illinois prisons are holding about 17,000 more people than they were designed to house. The…
-
A proposal by reform advocates would cut the number of women locked up in Illinois prisons by as much as half. Nearly 2,300 women are now serving time in…
-
DeVonte Jones began to show signs of schizophrenia as a teenager. His first public episode was nine years ago at a ball game at Wavering Park in Quincy,...
-
People under 21 who are convicted of a crime could serve time in a juvenile facility instead of an adult jail.State lawmakers are considering a measure…