The Chicago Police Department committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017, but the city is fighting their release in court.

A man died at the Cook County Jail last Friday following a confrontation with correctional officers in which he was beaten, body-slammed, and injected with sedatives, records show. Cory Ulmer, 41, ...

Cook County Jail’s deadliest year in decades reveals repeated lapses and failed oversight Eighteen people died at the jail last year, and half of the deaths featured examples of inadequate supervision ...

Chicago police are required by law to report every traffic stop. But a new investigation found one-third of traffic stops went unreported.

U visas offer immigrant crime victims a path to citizenship. Two sergeants with controversial backgrounds are standing in the way.

Injustice Watch compiled a voting guide for the candidates running for judicial seats in Cook County because, despite the powerful role judges play in communities, little independent information is ...

Chicago’s promises to provide counseling, social services instead of court or detention for youthful offenders is late, under-resourced, and run by some contractors with past controversies.

Presidents of Chicago's most powerful police union, the FOP, have a history of inflammatory statements and antagonism toward racial justice and reform.

Officer David Brian has 33 sustained misconduct allegations, two of them related to sexual harassment.

As the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board investigates powerful Cook County Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr. for claiming improper property tax exemptions in another county, an Injustice Watch examination ...

Still in prison after 18 years despite the flimsy evidence of his guilt, Kevin Jackson tore open the letter from the Cook County conviction integrity unit — a squad in the prosecutor’s office set up ...