Tyrece Williams was exonerated in 2025 after he spent about 20 years in prison. He is fighting for a certificate of innocence in hopes of finally feeling free and seeing prosecutors admit they were ...

Injustice Watch is the only newsroom in Cook County dedicated to reporting on the court system. Our goal is one of public service: to listen to and center people affected by institutional injustices ...

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...

This story is a collaboration between Injustice Watch and Bolts, a nonprofit publication that covers criminal justice and voting rights in local governments. Renwick Wells and Mickey Mason say Chicago ...

Zella Croff, 73, lost her house in south suburban Markham to tax foreclosure in 2023. Credit: Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project This is a joint project of Injustice Watch and the ...

The Illinois Forensic Science Commission, a public body tasked with monitoring practices at the state’s crime labs, sharply criticized the University of Illinois Chicago in a statement last week for ...

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The Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, at 1100 S. Hamilton Ave. on Chicago’s Near West Side, holds about 200 children on average. Children as young as 10 can be held there, but most ...

Illinois is the last state in the nation to adopt reforms aimed at giving homeowners their fair share of tax sale proceeds. Credit: Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times The Illinois General Assembly is ...

For decades, allegations of child abuse and employee misconduct have swirled around Chicago’s juvenile detention center. But on Thursday, a Cook County judge will begin proceedings in a rare trial of ...

A yearlong Injustice Watch investigation found tenants are regularly facing eviction and informal displacement at buildings with histories of serious safety violations. We followed tenants using every ...

A Cook County Jail screenshot from surveillance camera footage of Cory Ulmer sitting handcuffed in a holding cell about one hour before he died on June 21, 2024. Credit: Illinois State Police report ...