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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


The Weekly: Justice-Impacted Writers Project, CTA Accessibility, Lunar New Year

February 2, 2025

What is the Justice-Impacted Writers Project? What is going on with Purple Line accessibility? How did Northwestern celebrate Lunar New Year? The Daily answers these questions and recaps other top stories...

Frank Alexander II moderated the panel on reentering society post-incarceration.

Formerly incarcerated individuals and educators discuss prison education and reentry at NPEP panel

January 28, 2025

Although Frank Alexander II spent his time incarcerated working in offices, healthcare and a print shop, he was told upon release that he would be “better off at a restaurant washing dishes” because...

Screenwriting duo Sammy Horowitz (left) and Adam Pasen pose on the set of crime drama series “Power Book IV: Force.”

Justice-Impacted Writers Project brings screenwriting to NPEP

January 27, 2025

Screenwriter Sammy Horowitz was incarcerated for almost a decade. He said he spent three of those years in the recently closed Stateville Correctional Center, just an hour-long drive from Evanston.  About...

Panelists talk about parole’s abolition in Illinois and the possibility of reinstating it.

NPEP holds panel on reexamining Illinois Parole Board

October 1, 2024

Formerly incarcerated individuals and criminal justice professionals advocated for the return of parole to Illinois at a panel hosted by the Northwestern Prison Education Program at Norris University Center...

A person speaks into a microphone while people with signs stand in the background.

Advocacy groups petition EPA to address dangerous water quality in Illinois prisons

April 15, 2024

Fifteen environmental and prison reform groups filed an emergency petition asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address dangerous water quality in Illinois prisons, organizers announced at...

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