Last Thursday, July 24, the Community Renewal Society held a large public action with 500 congregants and Chief Judge Timothy Evans to call on the Chief Judge to institute specific reforms… Continue reading Chief Judge Evans Commits to Reform Bond Court and Create Adult Restorative Justice Programs at Reclaim Campaign Public Action
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Court Recording and Access to Justice
Like other courts across the nation, Cook County is seeing increasing numbers of self-represented parties in the courts. At the same time that litigants are finding it harder to pay… Continue reading Court Recording and Access to Justice
Chicago Appleseed/Reclaim Campaign Bill HB 2897 (field testing bill) has just passed in the Illinois Senate
HB 2897, which establishes a pilot drug field-testing program for Cook County in order to shorten the length of time drug defendants are held in jail before their preliminary… Continue reading Chicago Appleseed/Reclaim Campaign Bill HB 2897 (field testing bill) has just passed in the Illinois Senate
Pillars of Justice
Thanks to everyone who joined us at American Junkie this week for our annual Pillars of Justice Event! We had a great time and hope you did, too. We’d particularly… Continue reading Pillars of Justice
Breakfast Panel on Government Reform
The Committee for Economic Development, in partnership with Chicago Appleseed, Business and Professional People in the Public Interest, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, CHANGE Illinois, Union League Club, and the… Continue reading Breakfast Panel on Government Reform