Trash litters the floors of the Edgar County jail, unknown liquid leaks from the ceilings, and broken locks make it impossible to secure internal door
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By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- While the debate continues about whether to shutdown Champaign County’s downtown jail, a consultant hired by th
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By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- On Wednesday, April 17 the group Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice held a public hearing with jai
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The United States Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week over the constitutionality of the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Defense
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By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org The transition for mentally ill inmates from the Champaign County jail to community services is seriously hampe
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By Amy Harwath / For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Some people who are in a dire financial situation may feel that they have no choice but to deal drugs.
Read MorePam G. Dempsey / CU-CitizenAccess.org and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein / Hoy -- The barber shop in Pirtle’s Mini-Mall on Fourth Street is t
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By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein/Hoy -- Enterprise Rent-A-Car must love Miguel Keberlein-Gutierrez. That’s because the supervisory attorney at the Legal As
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