@chitorture.bsky.social
The inaugural Resilience Arts Festival is soon!
We hope you'll join us for a weekend of powerful storytelling. All work presented at the festival was written by or in collaboration with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists.
RSVP at resiliencefest.org.
We hope you'll join us for a weekend of powerful storytelling. All work presented at the festival was written by or in collaboration with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists.
RSVP at resiliencefest.org.
October 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The inaugural Resilience Arts Festival is soon!
We hope you'll join us for a weekend of powerful storytelling. All work presented at the festival was written by or in collaboration with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists.
RSVP at resiliencefest.org.
We hope you'll join us for a weekend of powerful storytelling. All work presented at the festival was written by or in collaboration with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists.
RSVP at resiliencefest.org.
Stanley Howard spent 16 long years in solitary confinement. He wrote about it for the @chicago.suntimes.com
#EndSolitaryConfinement
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#EndSolitaryConfinement
chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
End solitary confinement in Illinois
Being confined in a cell for so long had me depressed, hallucinating and paranoid. It caused severe problems with my concentration and memory, and I still suffer from the long-term effects of it.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Stanley Howard spent 16 long years in solitary confinement. He wrote about it for the @chicago.suntimes.com
#EndSolitaryConfinement
chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
#EndSolitaryConfinement
chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
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President Trump has issued an executive order aimed at forcing states that have ended or reduced the use of money bail in the pretrial process to reverse those policies.
Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...
Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...
Beat Back Trump’s Attack on the Pretrial Fairness Act!
President Trump has said he wants to end the Pretrial Fairness Act and bring back money bail in Illinois. We are asking people from across the state to call on their legislators and Governor Pritzker ...
actionnetwork.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
President Trump has issued an executive order aimed at forcing states that have ended or reduced the use of money bail in the pretrial process to reverse those policies.
Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...
Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...
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We are disappointed but unsurprised to see President Trump once again calling to repeal the Pretrial Fairness Act and bring money bail back to Illinois.
We will not be bullied by a President who is more concerned with his public image than he is public safety. endmoneybond.org/2025/08/11/t...
We will not be bullied by a President who is more concerned with his public image than he is public safety. endmoneybond.org/2025/08/11/t...
Trump Throws Another Temper Tantrum Over Illinois’ Pretrial Reforms - Coalition to End Money Bond
We are disappointed but unsurprised to see President Trump once again calling to repeal the Pretrial Fairness Act and bring money bail back to Illinois. Whether it’s gutting the social safety net, end...
endmoneybond.org
August 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We are disappointed but unsurprised to see President Trump once again calling to repeal the Pretrial Fairness Act and bring money bail back to Illinois.
We will not be bullied by a President who is more concerned with his public image than he is public safety. endmoneybond.org/2025/08/11/t...
We will not be bullied by a President who is more concerned with his public image than he is public safety. endmoneybond.org/2025/08/11/t...
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Yesterday, the number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail rose above 6,000 people for the first time since March 2022.
Learn more about how State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is driving up pretrial jailing: endmoneybond.org/2025/07/15/c...
Learn more about how State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is driving up pretrial jailing: endmoneybond.org/2025/07/15/c...
Cook County Experiences Increase in Pretrial Jailing after New State’s Attorney Takes Office - Coalition to End Money Bond
Upon taking office as the Cook County State’s Attorney, Eileen O’Neill Burke has implemented several policy changes that are contributing to a rise in pretrial jailing. It is notable that there has be...
endmoneybond.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yesterday, the number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail rose above 6,000 people for the first time since March 2022.
Learn more about how State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is driving up pretrial jailing: endmoneybond.org/2025/07/15/c...
Learn more about how State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is driving up pretrial jailing: endmoneybond.org/2025/07/15/c...
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Please consider a donation so that parents currently incarcerated in Cook County Jail can still give badly needed school supplies to their kids. bit.ly/Back2SchoolChi
August 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Please consider a donation so that parents currently incarcerated in Cook County Jail can still give badly needed school supplies to their kids. bit.ly/Back2SchoolChi
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Tenants rights are immigrant rights! Landlords CANNOT call ICE on you. Here are 5 things you can do if your landlord threatens to call ICE.
July 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Tenants rights are immigrant rights! Landlords CANNOT call ICE on you. Here are 5 things you can do if your landlord threatens to call ICE.
We have an unfortunate update about Victoria’s housing: the landlord has started the eviction process.
Victoria is only $1,000 away from reaching the required amount she needs to stay housed. Please donate so she can state housed!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Victoria is only $1,000 away from reaching the required amount she needs to stay housed. Please donate so she can state housed!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
July 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We have an unfortunate update about Victoria’s housing: the landlord has started the eviction process.
Victoria is only $1,000 away from reaching the required amount she needs to stay housed. Please donate so she can state housed!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Victoria is only $1,000 away from reaching the required amount she needs to stay housed. Please donate so she can state housed!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
All protest comes with risk. Use our risk assessment guide to determine how best you can take action or show up for your friends and loved ones who are taking action.
June 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
All protest comes with risk. Use our risk assessment guide to determine how best you can take action or show up for your friends and loved ones who are taking action.
We've gathered a brilliant panel lineup to help us reflect on the 10th anniversary of reparations. Come for the panel and stay for the party after!
Join us at First Presbyterian Church on May 31st:
bit.ly/reflections-...
Join us at First Presbyterian Church on May 31st:
bit.ly/reflections-...
May 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We've gathered a brilliant panel lineup to help us reflect on the 10th anniversary of reparations. Come for the panel and stay for the party after!
Join us at First Presbyterian Church on May 31st:
bit.ly/reflections-...
Join us at First Presbyterian Church on May 31st:
bit.ly/reflections-...
Introducing John Conroy, the investigative journalist who first unveiled police torture in Chicago in 1990.
Join us May 31st to hear directly from those involved in the fight and victory of reparations
bit.ly/reflections-on-reparations
Join us May 31st to hear directly from those involved in the fight and victory of reparations
bit.ly/reflections-on-reparations
May 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Introducing John Conroy, the investigative journalist who first unveiled police torture in Chicago in 1990.
Join us May 31st to hear directly from those involved in the fight and victory of reparations
bit.ly/reflections-on-reparations
Join us May 31st to hear directly from those involved in the fight and victory of reparations
bit.ly/reflections-on-reparations
Join us this Wednesday at the next Torture Inquiry Relief Commission (TIRC) to honor the life and legacy of Attorney Standish Willis, the founder of Black People Against Police Torture and the first attorney to call for reparations for survivors.
May 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us this Wednesday at the next Torture Inquiry Relief Commission (TIRC) to honor the life and legacy of Attorney Standish Willis, the founder of Black People Against Police Torture and the first attorney to call for reparations for survivors.
May 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Pictured are Burroughs Legacy team at the Chicago Torture Justice Center with CTJC Executive Director Aislinn Pulley and Carl Williams, Burroughs Legacy Project narrator.
Carl is a torture survivor, activist, and now the Community Engagement Specialist at @chitorture.bsky.social.
Carl is a torture survivor, activist, and now the Community Engagement Specialist at @chitorture.bsky.social.
April 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Pictured are Burroughs Legacy team at the Chicago Torture Justice Center with CTJC Executive Director Aislinn Pulley and Carl Williams, Burroughs Legacy Project narrator.
Carl is a torture survivor, activist, and now the Community Engagement Specialist at @chitorture.bsky.social.
Carl is a torture survivor, activist, and now the Community Engagement Specialist at @chitorture.bsky.social.
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We are deeply disturbed by Cook County State’s Attorney O’Neill Burke’s new policy requiring her attorneys to object when a judge denies a request for detention & instead orders someone to electronic monitoring.
Read our statement here: endmoneybond.org/2025/04/08/s...
Read our statement here: endmoneybond.org/2025/04/08/s...
State’s Attorney’s New Policy to Object to Electronic Monitoring is Nothing More than Fearmongering - Coalition to End Money Bond
We are deeply disturbed by Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s new policy requiring her attorneys to object when a judge denies a request for detention and instead orders someone to el...
endmoneybond.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We are deeply disturbed by Cook County State’s Attorney O’Neill Burke’s new policy requiring her attorneys to object when a judge denies a request for detention & instead orders someone to electronic monitoring.
Read our statement here: endmoneybond.org/2025/04/08/s...
Read our statement here: endmoneybond.org/2025/04/08/s...
“When am I going to get my life back?”
Registries don't keep our communities safe, they keep people in a cycle of perpetual punishment. We're working on abolishing the IL Murder Registry, which affects over 8,000 people in Illinois.
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/illi...
Registries don't keep our communities safe, they keep people in a cycle of perpetual punishment. We're working on abolishing the IL Murder Registry, which affects over 8,000 people in Illinois.
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/illi...
They Served Their Time. Now They Want to Be Released From Illinois’ ‘Murderer’ Database.
An effort to shutter a violent offender registry raises questions about how Illinois should treat people who’ve completed prison sentences for gun violence.
www.thetrace.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“When am I going to get my life back?”
Registries don't keep our communities safe, they keep people in a cycle of perpetual punishment. We're working on abolishing the IL Murder Registry, which affects over 8,000 people in Illinois.
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/illi...
Registries don't keep our communities safe, they keep people in a cycle of perpetual punishment. We're working on abolishing the IL Murder Registry, which affects over 8,000 people in Illinois.
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/illi...
Attention renters! You have rights!
Join us on Wednesday, April 2nd to learn when and how to write a 14-day demand letter to your landlord.
The training is free and open to all renters in the Chicago area.
Wednesday, April 2nd
5:30-7pm
6337 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Join us on Wednesday, April 2nd to learn when and how to write a 14-day demand letter to your landlord.
The training is free and open to all renters in the Chicago area.
Wednesday, April 2nd
5:30-7pm
6337 S. Woodlawn Ave.
March 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Attention renters! You have rights!
Join us on Wednesday, April 2nd to learn when and how to write a 14-day demand letter to your landlord.
The training is free and open to all renters in the Chicago area.
Wednesday, April 2nd
5:30-7pm
6337 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Join us on Wednesday, April 2nd to learn when and how to write a 14-day demand letter to your landlord.
The training is free and open to all renters in the Chicago area.
Wednesday, April 2nd
5:30-7pm
6337 S. Woodlawn Ave.
We're excited to collaborate with Concrete Content for this revival of THE PILLOWMAN that adapts the original play to reflect the history of police torture in Chicago.
Get your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepi...
Get your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepi...
March 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We're excited to collaborate with Concrete Content for this revival of THE PILLOWMAN that adapts the original play to reflect the history of police torture in Chicago.
Get your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepi...
Get your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepi...
Michelle Clopton & La Tanya Jenifor-Sublett, were some of the first women to come forward as torture survivors.
Listen to this episode of the Change Agents Podcast featuring both women:
www.buzzsprout.com/1600336/epis...
Listen to this episode of the Change Agents Podcast featuring both women:
www.buzzsprout.com/1600336/epis...
Say Her Name: Women Survivors of Chicago Police Torture - Change Agents The Podcast
Michelle Clopton was in her twenties when Chicago police attempted to force her to confess to a crime she didn’t commit. For 72 hours, she was brutally questioned, deprived of food, and tortured. Toda...
www.buzzsprout.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Michelle Clopton & La Tanya Jenifor-Sublett, were some of the first women to come forward as torture survivors.
Listen to this episode of the Change Agents Podcast featuring both women:
www.buzzsprout.com/1600336/epis...
Listen to this episode of the Change Agents Podcast featuring both women:
www.buzzsprout.com/1600336/epis...
You have rights when renting with a record!
📌 The Just Housing Amendment
🗓 Wednesday, March 10
⏰ 5-6:30
📍 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave.
This event is free. No registration required.
📌 The Just Housing Amendment
🗓 Wednesday, March 10
⏰ 5-6:30
📍 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave.
This event is free. No registration required.
March 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You have rights when renting with a record!
📌 The Just Housing Amendment
🗓 Wednesday, March 10
⏰ 5-6:30
📍 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave.
This event is free. No registration required.
📌 The Just Housing Amendment
🗓 Wednesday, March 10
⏰ 5-6:30
📍 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave.
This event is free. No registration required.
Happening today!
Instead of keeping communities safe, putting people on a registry keeps people & their families in a cycle of perpetual punishment.
The training is open to anyone impacted by the IL Murder Registry, directly or indirectly.
RSVPs are appreciated to naji@chicagotorturejustice.org
The training is open to anyone impacted by the IL Murder Registry, directly or indirectly.
RSVPs are appreciated to naji@chicagotorturejustice.org
February 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Happening today!
Instead of keeping communities safe, putting people on a registry keeps people & their families in a cycle of perpetual punishment.
The training is open to anyone impacted by the IL Murder Registry, directly or indirectly.
RSVPs are appreciated to naji@chicagotorturejustice.org
The training is open to anyone impacted by the IL Murder Registry, directly or indirectly.
RSVPs are appreciated to naji@chicagotorturejustice.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Instead of keeping communities safe, putting people on a registry keeps people & their families in a cycle of perpetual punishment.
The training is open to anyone impacted by the IL Murder Registry, directly or indirectly.
RSVPs are appreciated to naji@chicagotorturejustice.org
The training is open to anyone impacted by the IL Murder Registry, directly or indirectly.
RSVPs are appreciated to naji@chicagotorturejustice.org
Whether you’re already on our mailing list or not, please join us for our Court Support Social next week.
Now, more than ever, it’s important to get to know each other so we can act together!
Food will be provided.
Register: tr.ee/SM1WbJB3Q6
Now, more than ever, it’s important to get to know each other so we can act together!
Food will be provided.
Register: tr.ee/SM1WbJB3Q6
February 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Whether you’re already on our mailing list or not, please join us for our Court Support Social next week.
Now, more than ever, it’s important to get to know each other so we can act together!
Food will be provided.
Register: tr.ee/SM1WbJB3Q6
Now, more than ever, it’s important to get to know each other so we can act together!
Food will be provided.
Register: tr.ee/SM1WbJB3Q6
Justice for Timothy Glaze!
TODAY (Tuesday, Feb.4)
Albany Terrace
3030 W 21st St
TODAY (Tuesday, Feb.4)
Albany Terrace
3030 W 21st St
February 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Justice for Timothy Glaze!
TODAY (Tuesday, Feb.4)
Albany Terrace
3030 W 21st St
TODAY (Tuesday, Feb.4)
Albany Terrace
3030 W 21st St