Stephanie Agnew -Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

About Stephanie Agnew

Stephanie Agnew (she/her) is the Co-Executive Director of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and a Licensed Social Worker (LSW). She leads all internal and external communications strategy and execution, and works with the program staff to successfully implement our advocacy strategies. View all posts by Stephanie Agnew →

REPORT: Cook County Electronic Monitoring Review

In late 2020, Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts contracted with the Cook County Justice Advisory Council (JAC) to provide technical assistance for a review of the pretrial electronic monitoring (EM) programs in Cook County. The aims of the study included developing strategies to keep people a...

REPORT: Progressive Promises – Results of a Reform Prosecutor in Cook County

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, The People’s Lobby, and Reclaim Chicago have released our ninth report discussing the current state of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Since State’s Attorney (SA) Kim Foxx took office in Cook County, our coalition h...

Preventing Wrongful Convictions: Ensuring the Right to Communicate in Cook County

From media depictions of the criminal legal system, most people seem to understand that when you get arrested, you are allowed a phone call and that phone call can get you a lawyer that will advocate for you during police interrogations. Unfortunately, this is not always the reality – especially in...

Testimony to the IL Supreme Court Statutory Court Fees Task Force: Fines and Fees Perpetuate Inequality as Opposed to Serving Justice (August 30)

On August 30, 2022, Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts' social work intern, CJ Beck, provided testimony at a public hearing held by Illinois Statutory Court Fees Task Force. The public hearing was called so community members could provide testimony on the Task Force's draft report on the "Impl...

Lawsuit: Chicago Police Department Relies on Faulty ‘Evidence’ from ShotSpotter to Make Arrests

On July 21, 2022, attorneys from Northwestern University’s MacArthur Justice Center filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Michael Williams, Daniel Ortiz, and Lucy Parsons Labs against the City of Chicago, Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent David Brown, and several CPD officers. The lawsui...

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