This FOIA request targets the data dictionary from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office as part of our ongoing advocacy to open their data. As part of our litigation settlement the SAO did provide us with partial data for 7 years of felony case level prosecution data including data on their secretive felony review practices. But they Read more about SAO FOIA: Their Data Dictionary[…]
Once again, we have a self-declared expert on Chicago’s violence. This time it is gaming industry attorney and former candidate for Cook County State’s Attorney Donna More. She authored an OpEd in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday March 8 that jumps on the bandwagon to support another equally uninformed opinion, that of Bob Milan. More’s Read more about More Opinion Worth Lot Less Than She Thinks[…]
On Tuesday March 7, 2017 the Chicago Justice Project filed the following request for records under Illinois’ Freedom of Information Act with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO). Unfortunately our FOIA lawsuit has dragged on for over a year now and despite the promise of Kim Foxx taking the office in December we have Read more about New FOIA Verifying SAO Practices[…]
Today, the Chicago Justice Project—a 9-year-old nonprofit with the mission of increasing transparency in Chicago and Cook County justice systems—filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit Court (2016-01-29 Chicago Justice Project_s First Amended Complaint) against Anita Alvarez and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for repeatedly refusing to fulfill their obligations under the Illinois Freedom Read more about Why we are suing the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office[…]
This FOIA request is the start of CJP’s campaign to open the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office’s data for public access. Here we request data related to 5 years of Felony Review cases. In our efforts to open access to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) we have initiated a campaign to use Illinois’ Read more about Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office FOIA – Felony Review[…]
This is CJP’s 3rd request to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office under Illinois’ Freedom of Information Act in our 2015 FOIA Campaign. In this request submitted via email on Thursday May 28th we requested the following records be provided to CJP in digital format: Please provide CJP all the data created/stored/retained by the Cook Read more about Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office FOIA – Felony Prosecutions[…]
We are proud to announce the release of Crime & Punishment! This is a flat data site that community members, journalists, and policymakers can use to learn about what data is and is not available from their justice agencies. This site is set up to allow you to follow a case as it would normally Read more about Crime & Punishment Release[…]
We are proud to announce the release of Crime & Punishment! This is a flat data site that community members, journalists, and policymakers can use to learn about what data is and is not available from their justice agencies. This site is set up to allow you to follow a case as it would normally Read more about Crime & Punishment Release[…]
Well Chicago, the long awaited NATO summit is almost upon us. With all of the reporting surrounding the closing of streets and the disruptions to everyday life, little attention has been paid to what is coming Chicago’s way and whether or not the Chicago Police and their allies are ready for even a relatively light Read more about NATO & All the Unanswered Questions[…]
Well Chicago, the long awaited NATO summit is almost upon us. With all of the reporting surrounding the closing of streets and the disruptions to everyday life, little attention has been paid to what is coming Chicago’s way and whether or not the Chicago Police and their allies are ready for even a relatively light Read more about NATO & All the Unanswered Questions[…]