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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


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Northwestern students tour Chicago Torture Justice Center, learning the history of police torture in Chicago

April 9, 2023

Content warning: This article contains mentions of torture and police violence.  About 15 Northwestern undergraduate and graduate students traveled to the Chicago Torture Justice Center to learn about...

The Chicago Torture Justice Center provides resources and support to Burge torture victims and affected communities as well as providing educational materials to people who want to learn the history and how to support justice for black communities.

NPEP hosts second roundtable in “Race, Racism, and Policing” series

June 23, 2020

In the second installment of its community roundtable series “Race, Racism, and Policing,” the Northwestern Prison Education Program looked at the history of violent policing practices and why it is...

Aislinn Pulley, co-executive director of the CTJC, and panelist La Tanya Jenifor Sublett.

Chicago Torture Justice Center works to expand reparations for police violence

February 9, 2020

Northwestern students traveled to the Chicago Torture Justice Center on Saturday to attend a panel on the history of police torture in Chicago and the future of the reparations ordinance in the city. In...

Attorneys from Northwestern justice center petition to reopen Burge cases

October 18, 2012

Attorneys from Northwestern's MacArthur Justice Center filed a class-action petition Tuesday asking a judge to grant hearings to more than 15 incarcerated men. The men claim they were tortured into...

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