Prison lockdowns cut incarcerated people off from educational opportunities, and they often occur due to staff shortages. Experts say peer mentorship could help fill the gap.
Danville Correctional Center has led the state in experimenting with peer education programs. Men serving long sentences there have transformed themselves, through learning and teaching, into community pillars at the prison.
Police and Cook County sheriffs detained 21 people by midday Friday, and said four officers were injured. Demonstrators sang and chanted before allegedly crossing a protest barrier around 10 a.m.
The charges stem from a protest Sept. 26 outside the Broadview ICE facility, which has been the subject of separate litigation.
Danville School District 118 dismissed all schools today because of an anonymous threat. There are no injuries to students or staff.
Several people in Logan County reported phone calls and text messages which threaten arrest warrants for failing to appear for jury duty.
An Illinois jury has convicted a sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler. The jury announced the verdict against Sean Grayson on Wednesday.
Sean Grayson arrived at Sonya Massey’s home in Springfield after she reported seeing a prowler early on July 6, 2024. At the time of the shooting, Massey was holding a pan of hot water.
The jury received the case at about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday following closing arguments in the trial of 31-year-old Sean Grayson. Grayson responded to Sonya Massey’s home in Springfield in July 2024 after her call about a prowler.
Former downstate police officer Sean Grayson told the jury that Massey’s vow to “rebuke him in the name of Jesus” led him to shoot her. His testimony drew scoffs from Massey’s mother.
Testimony resumes Monday in the trial of Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey.
Drugs and violence remain a serious concern for employees inside Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg, with a series of major events occurring inside the prison in a matter of days.
Sean Grayson is accused of unlawfully using deadly force in the shooting of Sonya Massey last year.
The trial was moved to Peoria because of publicity. Testimony likely will feature a competition of experts on police training and expected practices and justified use of force by police.
Grayson was charged with first-degree murder after shooting Sonya Massey, 36, in her kitchen after she called to report a prowler outside her home southeast of Springfield in 2024.