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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Prison abolition groups send letters, messages to incarcerated individuals

January 8, 2020

On the first Tuesday of every month, students have gathered at the Multicultural Center to package handwritten letters, zines and messages of support. These are collected and shipped out around the...

Bian: Barring prisoners from voting further harms criminal justice system

Bian: Barring prisoners from voting further harms criminal justice system

May 21, 2019

A prisoner in Maine still has the right to vote while incarcerated. By contrast, forgery in the state of Mississippi can be grounds for permanent disenfranchisement. Maine and Vermont are the only two...

Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. The Evanston book store collaborated with Chicago Books to Women in Prison, a nonprofit, to provide books to women inmates.

Evanston bookstore partners with nonprofit to provide books to women in prison

October 3, 2017

A local bookstore and nonprofit teamed up to educate and support prisoners through books, with the goal of preventing recidivism among women who are in prison. Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave.,...

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