In these times of quick fixes to all problems no matter how large, there are few organizations that have the staying power of the ACLU to defend the civil rights of the most vulnerable.
Huffington Post: Saving Dollars… With Good Policy
The ACLU of Illinois’ very own communications and public policy director, Ed Yohnka, wrote an article for the Huffington Post about Governor Pat Quinn’s decision to close Tamms Supermax Prison.... Continue reading
New York Times: Psychiatric Patients With No Place to Go but Jail
The Chicago News Cooperative, reporting for the New York Times, wrote an article about the city of Chicago’s decision to close down 6 of its 12 mental health facilities this... Continue reading
Chicago Tribune: New goal for juvenile center: Clear it out
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has stated that the County’s Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) should be gradually evacuated, the Chicago Tribune reports. In 1999, the ACLU of Illinois... Continue reading
Ben Wolf talks to Tribune about troubled youths returning to school
Ben Wolf, assistant legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, spoke to the Chicago Tribune in an article Sunday about the difficulty for troubled youths to return... Continue reading
A Matter of No Middle Ground
Crossposted at HuffingtonPost. For the moment, President Obama and many pundits have arrived at a comfortable middle ground: Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Sergeant James L. Crowley each over-reacted... Continue reading
