Chicago is notoriously plagued by wrongful convictions, police misconduct, & related issues.

The prosecutor's office has said they're confronting all this... but Shawn Mulcahy documents a sea of dysfunction in lead-up to next week's prosecutor race: https://boltsmag.org/cook-county-chicago-wrongful-conviction-unit/

NEWS: Massachusetts this week passed legislation that will make phone calls from prison and jails free.

In fact, it'd also wipe charges for other forms of communication between incarcerated folks & their loved ones.

Big win for a growing movement: https://boltsmag.org/massachusetts-prison-jail-phone-calls/