alternatives to incarceration Archives - Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

Decarcerating Cook County: A look into the State’s Attorney’s Diversion Programs

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, The People’s Lobby, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, and Reclaim Chicago have released the eighth report in our series on prosecutorial accountability in Cook County. The report, “Decarcerating Cook County: Use of Diversion Programs for Low-Level, “Non-Violen...

ACT Court Milestone

Last week, the Access to Community Treatment Court achieved a major milestone, celebrating its first graduation for individuals who have successfully completed the problem-solving court program. 16 individuals were recognized for their efforts. Several graduates shared powerful remarks about their...

How Locking Up Adolescents Contributes to Crime

In June, Anna Aizer and Joseph Doyle, in conjuction with the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts released a working paper on rates of incarceration for juvenile offenders and how they correlate with future criminal acts: Juvenile Incarceration, Human Capital And Future C...

Alternatives for Incarceration Symposium Highlights Successful Models for Diversion

Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, community members, advocates, and elected officials congregated to hear about alternatives to what has become the de facto solution to our nation's drug problem--mass incarceration. Protestants for the Common good hosted speakers...