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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · 1d

Great lineup today at the symposium on the SAFE-T Act. Click link below to listen in.

Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · 3d

If you followed the SAFE-T Act, which mandated major police reforms in Illinois, tune in Thursday at 2:30 p.m. for the 2025 Cline Symposium Panel at the U of I.
Experts @thedou13.bsky.social Craig Futterman, Aisha Davis and Larry Boone discuss impact of the law.
forms.illinois.edu/sec/157138255

Cline Symposium Zoom Roundtable 2025 RSVP

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · 3d

If you followed the SAFE-T Act, which mandated major police reforms in Illinois, tune in Thursday at 2:30 p.m. for the 2025 Cline Symposium Panel at the U of I.
Experts @thedou13.bsky.social Craig Futterman, Aisha Davis and Larry Boone discuss impact of the law.
forms.illinois.edu/sec/157138255

Cline Symposium Zoom Roundtable 2025 RSVP

forms.illinois.edu

Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · Sep 30

A thorough look here at how overworked public defenders are across the state - and why a new public defender system was needed.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/n...

New law has Illinois creating statewide office to support public defenders amid ongoing justice reforms

To help overworked public defenders, the so-called FAIR Act calls for providing county public defenders with access to more attorneys, forensic experts, paralegals and other office staff members.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Impact For Equity @impactforequity.bsky.social · Sep 30

Last night, our own Director of Criminal Legal System Loren Jones was featured on a WTTW - Chicago PBS #ChicagoTonight panel discussing racial profiling and the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision in Noem v. Perdomo.

www.youtube.com/live/UzeV5fo...

September 29, 2025 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight

YouTube video by WTTW

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Peter Cunningham @petercunningham57.bsky.social · Sep 15

Meet the people stopping gun violence in Chicago on License to Operate, a new podcast available now posting on YouTube. In the first episode, my cohost Kanoya Ali and I talk about our two different worlds and what has brought us to the work.
www.youtube.com/@LicenseToOp...

License To Operate

Kanoya Ali and Peter Cunningham host raw conversations with the people reducing gun violence in Chicago.

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · Sep 9

From this week's ILJP news roundup of legal system reform stories: The Chicago Reporter explores use of the Joe Coleman Act, which created a pathway for people with complex medical needs to be released from Illinois prisons.
Sign up for ILJP's weekly roundup here: lnkd.in/g2Q72mHA

26 Died Waiting: Families Call for Reform of Illinois’ Medical Release Program - The Chicago Reporter

It was Monday morning, Jan. 22, 2024, when Jamie Rhodes rushed to Hillsboro Health Hospital with her daughter to check on her father, who had been admitted with breathing complications. Upon her arriv...

www.chicagoreporter.com

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 25

Illinois is defending the Pretrial Fairness Act. We will not bow down to Trump.

Read our statement on the President's attack on the end of money bail in Illinois:
endmoneybond.org/2025/08/25/i...

Illinois Defends the Pretrial Fairness Act. We Will Not Bow Down to Trump. - Coalition to End Money Bond

Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at forcing states that have ended or reduced the use of money bail in the pretrial process to reverse those policies. This executive order comes ...

endmoneybond.org

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · Aug 19

How youth are changing the conversation on gun violence and risks.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/p...

Project Unloaded empowers Chicago teens to change the narrative on guns and violence through social media

More than 50 Chicago teens spent six weeks crafting anti-gun violence social media campaigns with the help of Project Unloaded.

www.chicagotribune.com

Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · Aug 18

Gov. Pritzker acted on a bunch of bills Friday, including this important one:

Description: Creates the FAIR Act to establish the Office of State Public Defender and an independent State Public Defender Commission.
Action: Signed

Learn more about what the FAIR Act does here:
fairactil.org

FAIR Act

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · Jul 29

Crime is down in Chicago. If you like context and want to understand what true public safety demands, give a listen to to this @sashaannsimons.bsky.social report.

www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

How Chicagoans are working to lower homicide, shooting numbers

Chicagoans who study and work on anti-violence initiatives share the strategies they’re using to keep homicides and shootings on a downward trajectory.

www.wbez.org

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · Jul 24

Formerly incarcerated people live in every county in Illinois.
FirstFollowers welcomes them back to Champaign. Thoughtful report by @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social about their work, with focus how gardening is used to teach, feed and uplift.
ipmnewsroom.org/a-dialogue-o...

A Dialogue on how one reentry program is growing change from the ground up - IPM Newsroom

How is one local program using gardening to support formerly incarcerated individuals?

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · Jul 10

ILJP welcomes Arthur Haynes to our team as Program Director.
Arthur previously served as assistant corporation counsel in the Chicago Law Dept, coordinating mandated policing reforms. We are grateful for the expertise Arthur brings to the important work of legal system reform in Illinois.

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 30

With the Illinois General Assembly session winding down @tonia.thetriibe.com outlines five key legal system reform issues that are still pending.
Details on Home for Good and the FAIR Act by @thedou13.bsky.social @sharonemitchelljr.bsky.social

Here are 5 criminal justice reform bills that advocates want to see passed in Springfield • The TRiiBE

We’re in the final days of spring session for the Illinois General Assembly. The TRiiBE compiled a list of criminal justice reform bills that are still on the docket.

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 27

For every $1 spent on the Home for Good program, taxpayers save $6. Communities will be safer, and the money the state saves can be directed to education, job creation, reduced taxes or the environment.
To tell legislators you support this plan for public safety: homeforgoodillinois.com/letters/

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 27

The Home for Good Coalition needs your support now.
An investment of $47 million in housing and services will save $190 million over three years and build safer and stronger communities.
To tell your lawmaker you support HB3162/SB2403, send a letter here: homeforgoodillinois.com/letters/

Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 23

45% of people leaving prisons in Illinois are unemployed for at least three years, adding to existing housing barriers. There is a solution pending in the General Assembly: Home for Good (HB3162/SB2403).
To ask your legislator for support, click here: homeforgoodillinois.com/letters/

Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 22

60% of people getting support from community violence intervention (CVI) groups report housing needs. Home for Good (HB3162/SB2403) addresses that with expanded access to housing.
Ask your lawmaker to support the legislation here: homeforgoodillinois.com/letters/

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · May 20

"Clients and community members lose confidence in public defenders who are employed at the mercy of the very courts that seek to punish them."

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers speaks out in support of the FAIR Act in the Sun-Times!
chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

Illinois public defenders, their clients deserve a FAIR shake

Clients and community members lose confidence in public defenders who are employed at the mercy of the very courts that seek to punish them.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 19

Housing access is fundamental to individual and community safety. And it supports statewide economic growth.
To tell your lawmaker you support Home for Good, follow instructions here: homeforgoodillinois.com/letters/

Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 19

Expanding housing opportunities is vital to state economic growth and for Illinois families. And there is a way to do it right now. @metroplanning.bsky.social
#homeforgood
bit.ly/3ZpiRch

Opinion: What's missing from Chicago's debate over housing supply

Securing housing for thousands of people leaving prison each year is vital to our shared economic prosperity, writes Dan Lurie of the Metropolitan Planning Council.

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 15

Formerly incarcerated people live in every Illinois county.
Home for Good (HB3162 and SB2403) expands housing/wraparound supports for people who face barriers because of a background. Housing brings stability and stability creates safety. Learn more: homeforgoodillinois.com. #homeforgoodillinois

Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 13

ILJP Director @thedou13.bsky.social tells lawmakers Home for Good (HB3162/SB2403) fills “massive hole” in state’s human services system by expanding housing access for people with criminal records.
Details below in @chicagotribune.com
Learn more at homeforgoodillinois.com #homeforgoodillinois.com

Tight fiscal picture, federal funding uncertainty complicate state budget talks

A tight fiscal picture and uncertainty over federal funding have complicated negotiations over a budget for Illinois lawmakers.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 9

Thank you to @turiryder.bsky.social for having ILJP Director Ahmadou Dramé @thedou13.bsky.social on the show to speak about the struggle of reentry and the Home for Good (homeforgoodillinois.com) legislation pending in Springfield. The conversation starts at 27:03.
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Joan Esposito Live Local & Progressive guest host Turi Ryder May 08, 2025 - Joan Esposito Live, Local & Progressive

On today's show: Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests include: – Ahmadou Dramé, director of the Illinois Justice Project, talking about the Home for Good bill – Actors Tara Mallen and Stephani...

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 6

Legislation (IL HB3162) supported by Home for Good Coalition is up Thursday in Appropriations-Health and Human Services Cmte.
File slip to support effort to expand housing access for people facing barriers: bit.ly/4d2FEAd
Select “proponent” and “record of appearance only"
homeforgoodillinois.com

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Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social · May 5

Housing is the foundation for individual stability and community safety. Learn more about legislation that would expand housing to people who face significant barriers because of criminal records.
@blairpaddock.bsky.social

#homeforgoodillinois

news.wttw.com/2025/05/02/i...

Illinois Lawmakers Seek to Boost Housing Resources for People Leaving Prison

“Housing is obviously unaffordable for everyone, but it is especially the case for people who have records,” said Ahmadou Dramé, director of the Illinois Justice Project. “Without a stable place to li...

news.wttw.com

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