Injustice Watch published two judicial election guides and investigated jail deaths, juvenile arrests, housing court, and more.

Cook County Commissioner Stanley Moore, chair of the board’s criminal justice committee (left), is flanked by senior members of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office as they listen to families of ...

As the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board investigates powerful Cook County Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr. for claiming improper ...

Editor’s note: This story describes preliminary results as they stood the day after the Nov. 5 election. For our report on the final election results, click here. One Cook County judge was losing his ...

Injustice Watch produces human-centered, data-driven investigations that have a real impact in our community. Our journalism has led to policy changes, people in power resigning or being fired, ...

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, ...

2023 was the deadliest year in the Cook County Jail on record, with 18 deaths, many of them from drug overdoses. An Injustice Watch investigation found lapses in supervision and medical care were at ...

Hundreds of Cook County probationers have been required to wear an electronic alcohol-monitoring bracelet, even in cases unrelated to alcohol. A single judge, Judge Gregory Vazquez, was responsible ...

The population of older undocumented immigrants in Illinois is growing exponentially, but public policy has left these seniors behind. A collaboration with the Chicago Tribune, this project explored ...