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

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: ...

Maggie Sivit, a multimedia journalist who specializes in community-centered journalism, is joining Injustice Watch as the organization’s new engagement editor.

A veteran fundraising professional with experience in nonprofit journalism, Armstrong will lead Injustice Watch as its next executive director.

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

Pritzker acknowledged some medical release applicants “really can’t function” and are unlikely to commit another crime if released. But “just because the person is ill, doesn’t mean that there aren’t ...

Injustice Watch is reporting on trends in evictions and building conditions. Help us by sharing your experiences.

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 ...

“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 ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker before signing another piece of legislation that expanded protections for immigrant and refugee communities at East Aurora High School in Aurora, Ill., Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Rich ...

An Aurora police car. Via Flickr/Inventorchris Injustice Watch is digging into police complaints, internal investigative files, personnel files and lawsuits to find out what police misconduct and ...