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How mountains of court data exposed Chicago’s unjust dead-end drug arrests
In Chicago, police routinely arrest people for possession of small quantities of drugs knowing... more »
posted 01/05/22
Locked up for a ‘dime bag’ in Illinois
State law targets drug users, jamming courts with throwaway cases that burden justice system and... more »
posted 07/15/21

Casey Toner's Work
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Project: New Illinois law gives cops choice not to jail people for small amounts of drugs — a follow-up to our ‘Costly toll of dead-end drug arrests’ investigation
The change follows a Sun-Times/Better Government Association investigation last year that documented the impact of “dead end” drug arrests in which people are briefly locked up, only to see the charges soon dismissed.
Project: Oregon’s the first state to ticket narcotics users, but reform has yet to live up to what was promised
That state’s new drug reform is keeping users out of jail — but getting them help for addictions has been elusive.
Project: Kim Foxx’s ex-trainer caught up in ‘unending cycle’ of drug arrests; ‘It breaks my heart’
The Cook County state’s attorney recently learned her former physical trainer is addicted to heroin and has been in and out of jail for it.