Prisoncast!: Sounds of the holiday season for people in Illinois prisons
On Sunday, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m., tune in to WBEZ 91.5FM for a special broadcast event dedicated to people incarcerated in Illinois and their families on the outside.
On Sunday, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m., tune in to WBEZ 91.5FM for a special broadcast event dedicated to people incarcerated in Illinois and their families on the outside.
Investigative reporter Jamie Kalven is urging the Chicago Police Department to do more to root out racist officers from within its ranks. A recent WBEZ-Sun-Times investigation found dozens of current and former CPD officers had joined the extremist organization the Oath Keepers. In his new piece in The Intercept, Kalven argues the problem of extremism goes much deeper than officers belonging to hate groups. And he says the department’s own complaint files hold the key to identifying officers who - in his words - “practice racism as sport.” Reporter: Jamie Kalven, Patrick Smith Host: Mary Dixon
Video footage of a Waukegan teen’s false confession has both Democratic candidates for Cook County top prosecutor talking up legislation.
“You have heard about a pattern of unlawful activity,” prosecutor Diane MacArthur said.
Stepping closer to a court fight, the council voted Wednesday against allowing cops to contest the most serious discipline behind closed doors.
Robert Crimo Jr. served about half of his 60-day sentence for misdemeanor reckless conduct.
Robert Crimo III, accused of killing seven and wounding dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in 2022, asked a Lake County judge to allow him to continue without the aid of his assistant public defenders and invoked his right to a speedy trial.
WBEZ’s Alex Degman talked with State Police Director Brendan Kelly about how the agency is reporting differently than it did a year ago.
A pilot program announced by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is thought to be the first in the nation offered to inmates at the county jail level.
“I find it offensive he’s actually running for judge,” a lawyer for the mother of one of the men killed said.