Community and Civic Organizations Challenge Mayor and Police Superintendent: Cease Delays, Act on Consent Decree to Lay a Pathway for Community Safety
For Immediate Release Contact Ariel Hairston (312) 759-8242February 6, 2023 Shareese Pryor (312) 759-8249 Community and Civic Organizations Challenge Mayor and Police Superintendent:Cease Delays, Act on Consent Decree to Lay a Pathway for Community Safety Group Contends the…
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Justice 20/20: The Demand for Equity
BPI is working with Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) and the Illinois Justice Project (ILJP) to launch Justice 20/20: The Demand For Equity. This multi-year initiative will bring together individuals and organizations to collaborate to address issues within the Illinois…
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A People’s Tribunal: COVID-19 and the Crisis of Death by Incarceration
On June 4, 2020, BPI joined Parole Illinois, Chicago Torture Justice Center, Chicago Votes, and Mothers Activating Movements for Abolition & Solidarity (MAMAS) in co-sponsoring “A People’s Tribunal: COVID-19 and the Crisis of Death by Incarceration.” More than 250 participants,…
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Reentry Housing and the Cook County Drug Court
As BPI looks ahead to our next 50 years, we’d like to share a few highlights from our 50th Anniversary Report over the next few weeks. First up, a look at our efforts to reform Illinois’ justice system by addressing…
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Summer Intern Reflection: Innovation and Advocacy in Chicago’s Housing Sector
This blog post was written by Reine Rambert, a 2019 BPI Summer Intern who will enter her second year in the Master of Public Policy program at Harvard Kennedy School in the fall. To those familiar with the American housing…
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A Day at Kewanee: New Directions in Reentry Programming
Two years ago, BPI advocated for the closure of a youth prison located in Kewanee, IL. Since then, the youth prison has been closed and its facilities repurposed to house a groundbreaking new institution, the Kewanee Life Skills Reentry Center…
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New Law Expands Eligibility for Probation and Services
On August 20, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law SB3388, the Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) Eligibility Expansion bill. BPI served as lead advocate for this legislation, which provides access to programs that offer probation and rehabilitation services instead of prison sentences to persons…
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BPI Co-Sponsors Event for State Legislators on Alternatives to Incarceration
As part of its efforts to reduce the Illinois prison population and expand alternatives to incarceration, BPI—in partnership with the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council, Illinois State Bar Association and Adult Redeploy Illinois—jointly sponsored an informational session for Illinois state…
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BPI Takes On New Justice Reform Initiatives in 2018
For decades, BPI has worked to strengthen neighborhoods around Chicago and throughout the region. Our experience leads to an inescapable conclusion: In its current form, our criminal justice system is both a consequence of and a contributor to racial and…
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