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12 Years Later, Lawsuit That Called Attention to Conditions at Now-Closed Stateville Prison Settled Stateville Correctional Center is pictured in a file photo. (Blair Paddock / WTTW News) After 12 years, the class action lawsuit over living conditions at Stateville Correctional Center that helped bring the prison to a close was settled Thursday.

2 months ago | thenation.com | Blair Paddock

Society / February 12, 2025 The Carceral System Enters Its Smartwatch EraWrist monitors like the BI VeriWatch dominated at a recent industry conference. But some 20 miles away, incarcerated men had other ideas about what the future should look like.

Apr 17, 2024 | news.wttw.com | Blair Paddock

The suburbs aren’t immune to the country’s issues around racial inequality. While suburbs were once a beacon of the American dream, families have now realized suburbs failed to deliver equally on this promise, according to a new book. The suburbs were built on the idea they’re a place where families can give their kids a better life, but as generations pass, Herold said, this doesn’t always hold up.

Dec 21, 2023 | hpherald.com | Blair Paddock

(Video produced by Nicole Cardos) This story is a collaboration between WTTW News, South Side Weekly and Hyde Park Herald. Additional data reporting by Charmaine Runes and Jared Rutecki. When nursing home resident Curtis Spears fell while getting out of bed, his sister Julia Preston and Belhaven Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center staff members agreed on one detail: He fell. How he ended up on the ground is where their stories differ.

Dec 20, 2023 | news.wttw.com | Blair Paddock |Paul Caine

In a major departure from past policy, the Chicago Board of Education has announced it intends to move away from a system built on school choice. It’s a system that means Chicago Public Schools families can apply to have their children attend schools across the city, versus being required to attend their neighborhood school. Critics say that means neighborhood schools lose out to better-funded competitors as a result.