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Criminal Justice

Unguarded

Investigating Risks to the Incarcerated of Illinois

There are systems meant to safeguard the health and wellbeing of people imprisoned in Illinois. But many of those systems don’t hold staff to account.

Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline

by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ,

The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken

by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ,

Inside the Jail With One of the Country’s Largest Coronavirus Outbreaks

by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ,