Equip for Equality

The state has scaled back its plans to close 75 minimum-security mental health beds at Choate Developmental Center.

Union County’s top prosecutor has filed suit opposing the closing of Choate.

Illinois county jails report thousands of “extraordinary or unusual” incidents every year, but the state doesn’t keep track.

Pilot programs in Kankakee and McHenry counties provide mental health care to defendants, from smaller jails, who have deemed unfit ...