Health Equity & Social Justice

In Chicago, thousands of drug possession arrests are routinely tossed out every year. The cost to taxpayers? Millions. To those arrested? The loss of jobs, housing, freedom.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Community Safety

The BGA and Chicago Sun-Times analyzed 280,000 total drug possession arrests made in Cook County over nearly two decades. The data used was provided by The Circuit, the collaborative journalistic enterprise led by the BGA and Injustice Watch.

Race and Equity, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease