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EPD vehicles. On Monday, multiple claims against police chief Demitrous Cook and the city were dismissed.

Defunding 101: What does it mean to “defund the police” and why is it gaining traction?

Binah Schatsky, Reporter
June 19, 2020
Activists protest outside the Cook County Jail calling for the mass release of incarcerated prisoners, April 7.

As Cook County Jail cases balloon, activists advocate for inmates

Eva Herscowitz, Assistant City Editor
April 12, 2020
Jennifer Lackey, the director of Northwestern Prison Education Program, has been teaching courses at Stateville for six years.

Northwestern Prison Education Program receives $1 million grant

Arianna Carpati, Assistant Campus Editor
February 23, 2020
“Stateville Calling” shares the stories of elderly inmates and the push to re-institute parole in Illinois.

Northwestern Prison Education Programs hosts ‘Stateville Calling’ screening and Q&A

Jackson Miller, Reporter
January 8, 2020
Neal Sáles-Griffin speaks at TEDxNorthwesternU. TEDxNorthwesternU is one of the few TEDx talks in the country entirely run by student

TEDxNorthwesternU spotlights the ‘visions and voices’ of Northwestern community

Wilson Chapman, Reporter
April 28, 2019
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