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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


Keith LaMar. LaMar has been in solitary confinement for 27 years. He is scheduled to be executed by the state of Ohio in Nov. 2023.

Keith LaMar addresses Northwestern community from solitary confinement on death row

January 20, 2021

Keith LaMar, a death row prisoner currently in his 27th year in solitary confinement, spoke to Northwestern community members in a virtual event hosted by the Northwestern Prison Education Program Tuesday...

Pritzker Profs. Julie Biehl and Shobha Mahadev and researcher Marshan Allen. The three talked about juvenile justice in a Tuesday roundtable sponsored by the Northwestern Prison Education Program.

NU profs. and criminal justice researcher discuss juvenile justice reform

October 28, 2020

Pritzker profs. Julie Biehl and Shobha Mahadev and researcher Marshan Allen discussed juvenile justice Tuesday at a roundtable sponsored by the Northwestern Prison Education Program. The event, a part...

Anthony Gay, a former inmate in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Former IDOC inmate Anthony Gay talks solitary confinement at NPEP Transforming Criminal Justice roundtable

October 13, 2020

Content warning: This story contains mentions of self-harm. Anthony Gay, a former inmate in the Illinois Department of Corrections, recounted the isolation he felt during his 22 years in solitary confinement...

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...

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?

June 18, 2020

In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to address systemic racism and police brutality have taken center stage in nationwide...

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