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The Daily Northwestern

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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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...

A Cook County Department of Corrections facility building, seen through the inside of a window.

Chicago legal advocacy groups use education campaigns to encourage vaccination among incarcerated individuals

May 28, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccination distribution has expanded across the country, incarcerated people remain one of the populations that is both most vulnerable to COVID-19 and most distrustful of medical care, according...

Northwestern law professors challenge parole revocation process

November 18, 2013

A group of attorneys at the Northwestern School of Law are suing to challenge how Illinois revokes parole for thousands of ex-convicts every year. The parole revocation system in the state of Illinois...

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