Cook County Chronicle wrote a story on Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and Traffic Division Presiding Judge Diann Marsalek participating in the annual backpack donation drive to ensure residents of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center have the supplies they need to start a new school year.
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The Cook County Chronicle, today, features the Aug. 5 graduation of seven participants of the Bridgeview Problem-Solving Courts. The seven graduates completed programming from drug, mental health and veterans’ treatment courts.
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans led off tonight's episode of Chicago Tonight, discussing the preparations the Court and our partners have made to ensure everyone's rights are protected during a safe Democratic National Convention. See it here:
CBS 2 Chicago covered the grand opening of the new Restorative Justice Community Court in Sauk Village.
Cook County Chief Circuit Judge Timothy Evans pledged Monday to more than double the county's so-called second-chance courts this year, praising their results so far in cutting recidivism by diverting young-offender prosecutions in favor of personal rehabilitation.
The Chicago Tribune covered the opening of the first restorative justice community court in the south suburbs at Sauk Village.
ABC covered the recent opening of Sauk Village's Restorative Justice Community Court, the first restorative justice court in the suburbs.
Block Club Chicago covered the most recent Englewood Restorative Justice Community Court graduation ceremony, where 64 program graduates were recognized.
It's graduation day in Englewood for a group of people getting a second chance because they were convicted of felonies, but their records are about to be cleared. Englewood's Restorative Justice Community Court graduates 64 participants.
Thousands of people who come into the Circuit Court without a lawyer every month now have a new central place within the Daley Center to get guidance on navigating the system.