Valentina Galvis' detention at a hotel raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention ...

As Chicago police have made more gun-possession arrests, prosecutors are using the secretive grand jury process and securing more convictions.

Nicole Lee at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago after Mayor Lori Lightfoot nominated Lee to be the next alderman representing the city’s 11th Ward on March 24, 2022. Terrence Antonio James / Chicago ...

Attorney Ava George Stewart, slated for one of the four county-wide judicial vacancies on the 2026 ballot, stands with other candidates as they prepare to give speeches at the slating event. Credit: ...

Jarvis Jay Masters remains on death row, accused of murdering a corrections officer at San Quentin prison in 1985.

Advocates say the pandemic has exacerbated a long-standing problem of Illinois prison officials failing to inform families when their loved ones fall ill.

The Facebook comment by Philadelphia police officer D F Pace as it appeared in the Plain View Project. Paces defamation lawsuit against Injustice Watch was dismissed by a federal appeals court.

Parents and advocates say a policy that banned in-person visits for three months in response to the coronavirus exemplifies a racist child welfare system that harms Black families.

Moreover, “Defund the Police” is not solely a declaration of what we don’t want (more police spending). It represents our ability to imagine higher and better uses of those resources in ways that ...

“Credibility is a form of power, meted out along familiar lines of power,” writes Northwestern University law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer in response to our recent investigation into sexual ...

Amid court backlogs and an influx of new arrivals, immigrants live in limbo for years, navigating Chicago's immigration court alone.

Injustice Watch and Borderless Magazine are working together to investigate the consequences noncitizens face after a criminal conviction. You can help us with our reporting by sharing your ...