Summer 2019: Violence was down and Homicides were at their lowest in five years

Now that October has come and the summer is decidedly over, policy makers and journalists alike are engaging in a yearly, grim calculus: How bad was the gun violence in Chicago this summer? Did it get worse? Is it getting better? And most importantly, why? This summer, however, has been unusually p...

The Data is Out: Bond reform in Cook County has been a tremendous success

A Policy Statement from Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers The Data is Out: Bond reform in Cook County has been a tremendous success By Sarah Staudt, Senior Policy Analyst and Staff Attorney Bond reform has freed thousands of people from pre-trial incarceration, avoided...