Former Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee Kevin Walker was acquitted last month of charges related to the incident, ...

The superintendent of one of the country’s largest juvenile jails is resigning Dec. 1 after a decade-long tenure marked by ...

Injustice Watch is the only newsroom in Cook County dedicated to reporting on the court system. Our goal is one of public service: to listen to and center people affected by institutional injustices ...

Injustice Watch and its partners connected and scoured nearly two decades of court data for ‘The Tenant Trap.’ Here’s how this unprecedented data analysis was conducted. An Injustice Watch ...

This story is published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Sign up for one of their newsletters here. Earlier this August, a traffic stop left a beloved police ...

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...

Griselda Vega Samuel, left, and Steve Demitro campaign on Chicago’s Southwest Side as they compete for a 14th Subcircuit seat on the Cook County Circuit Court. Credit: Photos by Alejandra Cancino and ...

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Two of the 77 Cook County judges running for retention in November claim homestead exemptions on Will County houses they have owned for years, Injustice Watch discovered as part of research for its ...

Fresh flowers on the bench of Cook County Circuit Judge Joanne Rosado at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse change frequently. Credit: Courtroom sketch by Verónica Martinez The second floor of Cook ...