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Chicago Justice Podcast

by Tracy Siska

The Chicago Justice Podcast challenges the stories we're told about crime, public safety, and justice. Instead of accepting headlines, political talking points, or conventional wisdom at face value, we dig deeper to uncover what the data, research, and lived experiences actually reveal. Each episode features candid conversations with journalists, researchers, advocates, policymakers, and people working to transform the justice system from within. Together, we examine the policies, institutions, and power structures that shape who is criminalized, who is protected, and who is left behind. From policing and police accountability to gun violence, surveillance, incarceration, public records, government transparency, and criminal justice reform, we explore the complex issues driving today's debates about safety and justice. Some conversations are uncomfortable. Others are infuriating. All of them are necessary. Grounded in evidence, accountability, and a commitment to challenging dominant narratives, The Chicago Justice Podcast goes beyond sound bites to expose how systems really work and whose interests they serve. If you're ready to question assumptions, confront hard truths, and explore what real justice and public safety could look like, this podcast is for you.

Latest episodes

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The Conviction Integrity Unit Under Eileen O'Neill Burke: A New Direction, Fewer Exonerations?

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Chicago Justice Podcast, we sit down with Injustice Watch Senior Reporter Dan Hinkel to examine the changing role of the Cook County St

Aug 31
53 min

Turner’s Outdoorsman, Crime Guns, and What the Data Reveals | Ft The Trace’s Aaron Mendelson

Send us Fan Mail New reporting from The Trace has shed light on an important question in the gun violence prevention space: Why are firearms sold by certain retailers sh

Aug 24
32 min

The Right to Know Under Threat? California’s AB 1821 Explained with Sean McMorris

Send us Fan Mail California’s public records law is designed to give residents access to government information, but proposed changes to Assembly Bill 1821 (AB 1821) cou

Aug 17
58 min

The NYPD’s Secretive Community Response Team: Misconduct, Power, and Accountability

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a police unit operates outside traditional oversight and is staffed by officers with troubling disciplinary histories? In this episod

Aug 10
34 min

Who Is Being Watched? The Geography of ALPR Surveillance

Send us Fan Mail More than 100,000 Automated License Plate Reader cameras are now operating across the United States, feeding data into networks shared by thousands of p

Aug 4
37 min

Flock Security and the Rise of Mass Vehicle Surveillance | Featuring Jon McCray Jones

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we begin a special series examining the rapid expansion of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology and the growing privacy and

Jul 26
31 min

When Official Stories Collapse: The Brandon Webster Murder

Send us Fan Mail What really happened on New Year’s Day 2019 when North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers shot and killed Brandon Webster? For years, the official

Jul 4
1 h 08 min

Beyond Qualified Immunity: How Police Avoid Accountability

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with Joanna C. Schwartz, UCLA law professor and author of Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable, to unpack the hidden

Jun 6
50 min

Because I Got Raided: Afroman, Police Power, and a Lawsuit That Backfired”

Send us Fan Mail This week, we break down the controversial 2022 raid of Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman’s home by Adams County Sheriff’s deputies and the legal fallout

May 22
44 min

Crime, Fear, and Power: Why We’re Taking a National Focus

Send us Fan Mail How politics, media, and institutions distort crime narratives across America Fear has become the dominant framework for how Americans understand crime

Apr 29
5 min

What does the science say about ShotSpotter?

Send us Fan Mail In a first-of-its-kind independent analysis of the effectiveness of ShotSpotter, the science says the technology does not lead to more arrests and convi

Jul 31 2024
48 min

Time to Remove Guns from People Suspected of DV?

Send us Fan Mail We open season four with a discussion of Karina’s bill, which hopes to formalize a process for the courts & police departments throughout Illinois to se

Jul 10 2024
40 min

Trying to Erase History is Purposeful

Send us Fan Mail On today’s show, we discuss the connection between racialized policing in the US and the efforts by the right-wing to erase slavery from America’s histo

Nov 15 2023
52 min

ACLU on CPD Traffic Stop Lawsuit

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, we feature an interview with Alexandra Block from the ACLU of Illinois about their lawsuit against the Chicago Police Departmen

Aug 9 2023
34 min

Mismanagement & Abuse at JTDC

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode discusses the long history of abuse and mismanagement at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) with Injustice

Jun 28 2023
41 min

CPD Doesn’t Take Lying Seriously

Send us Fan Mail Despite promises to the contrary by the Chicago Police Department and the agencies that make up the police accountability system in Chicago, lying while

Jun 21 2023
35 min

Kareem Butler – Truth About Electronic Monitoring

Send us Fan Mail On today's show we attempt to bring facts and science to the discuss around the Pre-Trail Fairness Act (PTFA) and the state of electronic monitorin

Jun 1 2023
45 min

Raina Lipsitz on Toxic Cycle of Justice Reform

Send us Fan Mail On the show today we sit down with Raina Lipsitz to discuss America's problem with justice reform and how cities like Chicago are caught in endless

May 19 2023
44 min

Our Take on Adam Toledo Shooting

Send us Fan Mail The Adam Toledo shooting while a massive tragedy was not out of line with Chicago Police Department guidelines and so the firing of Eric Stillman smells

May 2 2023
25 min

Kim Foxx is Not Running for Re-Election

Send us Fan Mail Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has announced that after two terms in office she will not be running for re-election in the fall of 2024. On

Apr 26 2023
21 min

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