Newsletter

Contents: results of a large-scale survey of people in Illinois prisons regarding their post-release housing needs; what we’ve been learning from Illinois defenders as they try to cope with an array of new pretrial responsibilities imposed by the Pretrial Fairness Act; some new work with Winnebago County, a longtime partner of ours; and a small celebration of CCJ’s first decade.

Contents: PFA coverage, PFA impact on jail populations, a new Illinois Prison Dashboard

Contents: the Cook County Dashboard, Detention Hearings Under the PFA, Gender Violence Survey of Incarcerated Women, Year in Review

Contents: Truth in Sentencing in Illinois, Rural Drug Usage, Emerging Adults, New Projects

Contents: The PFA in Rural Illinois, Improved Access to CCJ Publications, New Work

Contents: The First Year of the PFA in Illinois

Contents: Post-Prison Arrests in Illinois; Gun Possession Sentencing; A Reentry Housing Evaluation; New Data Tools; The Center's Year in Numbers

Contents: Hearing Practice Under the PFA; Detention in Domestic Violence Cases; the Chicago Incident Tracker; a new District Attorney Data Dashboard; Introducing Loyola Students to the Real World of Criminal Justice Reform

Contents: Jail Trends After the PFA; Measuring the Quality of Life in Prison; Deferred Prosecution

Contents: The JCOIN Project; Trends in Women's Imprisonment; Integrating Research and Teaching; A New Cook County Jail Tracker

Contents: The PFA's First Month; a War on Guns; Violence Prevention in a City of Mourning

Contents: Recap of PFA Evaluation Findings to Date; Assessing Quality of Life in Illinois Prisons; Prosecutorial Performance Indicators Meeting