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Editorial: Chicago has a domestic violence crisis hiding in plain sight
Chicago has 185 shelter beds. New York has 3,000. Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston, has 336 beds. While Chicago ...
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Domestic violence data shows increase need in Illinois shelter beds
Boyd added times survivor spends at emergency shelters have increased from 45 days to more than 60 days. Boyd said the ...
Measure to make prison release more transparent clears Illinois Senate
The bi-partisan bill to reform the Prison Review Board also makes information more accessible to victims and victims’ ...
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Karla Robert's legacy remembered, one week after death from domestic violence
NewsChannel 20 and Fox Illinois have new details about the tragic death of a Sangamon County woman beaten to death ...
Illinois bill would limit laws that evict tenants for too many 911 calls
The Cook County suburb of Richton Park amended the ordinance that forced Diamond Jones out of her rental home, and housing ...
Rockford task force supports more than 100 kids affected by violence
In 2024, the Mayor’s Office of Domestic and Community Violence Prevention Task Force split into four teams, including a group ...
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Editorial: Chicago has a domestic violence crisis hiding in plain sight
These victims and others who have lost their lives to domestic violence deserve our attention as this problem grows. Of course, this isn’t just a Chicago problem. The Illinois Coalition Against ...