Weekly RoundUp: Defense of Marriage Act
This week the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, violated the Constitution. According to an article in the…
This week the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, violated the Constitution. According to an article in the…
Trash litters the floors of the Edgar County jail, unknown liquid leaks from the ceilings, and broken locks make it impossible to secure internal doors. The Sangamon County Jail is consistently overcrowded, making living quarters unfit for inmates.
By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- While the debate continues about whether to shutdown Champaign County’s downtown jail, a consultant hired by the county is pushing…
Amy Harwath
By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- On Wednesday, April 17 the group Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice held a public hearing with jail consultant Alan…
The United States Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week over the constitutionality of the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Defense of…
Amy Harwath
By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org The transition for mentally ill inmates from the Champaign County jail to community services is seriously hampered by a lack of…
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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…
Pam G. Dempsey / CU-CitizenAccess.org and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein / Hoy -- The barber shop in Pirtle’s Mini-Mall on Fourth Street is the kind…
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein/Hoy -- Enterprise Rent-A-Car must love Miguel Keberlein-Gutierrez. That’s because the supervisory attorney at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago…