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This Chicago Nonprofit Supports Incarcerated Youth and Local Businesses During the Pandemic, Next City | August 21, 2020
Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice Steering Committee Endorses Illinois’ Final 5 Campaign Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice| August, 2020
Juvenile Justice During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Planet Lex Podcast | 06.17.2020
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Illinois Plans A New Vision For Juvenile Justice System, NPR | August 1, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker lays out plan to overhaul state’s juvenile justice system, shift to smaller, ‘community-based’ regional facilities, Chicago Tribune | July 31, 2020
Pritzker administration unveils overhaul of juvenile justice system, Capitol News Illinois | July 31, 2020
Virus-Driven Push to Release Juvenile Detainees Leaves Black Youth Behind, New York Times | July 30, 2020
2 more detainees, employee at Cook County Juvenile detention center test positive for COVID-19, Chicago Sun Times | June 5, 2020
Calls for release of prisoners during pandemic grow louder as 1st Cook County Jail detainee dies, 2nd death at Stateville, The Daily Line | April 7, 2020
Coronavirus, Cook County Jail, and the need to reduce the inmate population . . . fast, | March 19, 2020
Will COVID-19 Shut Down Youth Prisons for Good?, YR Media | May 10, 2020
16-year-old detainee tests positive for COVID-19 at Cook County juvenile detention center, Chicago Sun Times | April 6, 2020
Pritzker administration still assessing whether to release prisoners, incarcerated youth at risk of Coronavirus, The Daily Line | March 23, 2020
Top juvenile court judge still blocking motions despite new emergency order, Injustice Watch | May 6, 2020
Judge blocks key legal protection for detained youth, Injustice Watch | April 30, 2020
2 more chief judge’s office employees diagnosed with COVID-19, Chicago Sun Times | April 3, 2020
Let’s keep youth justice from making the coronavirus worse, USA Today | March 27, 2020
Five ways the criminal justice system could slow the pandemic, Prison Policy Initiative | March 27, 2020
Teens Sue to Exit Detention Centers as Coronavirus Closes In, March 25, 2020