Ruby Bailey
@rubybailey.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief, Illinois Answers Project
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Illinois defendants who have been found unfit for trial – and are in need of inpatient fitness restoration – are waiting nearly twice as long for a state hospital bed as they did five years ago.
My latest for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social
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My latest for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social
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Too mentally ill for trial, she spent months in an Illinois jail as the state looked for a hospital bed. She died waiting.
Many defendants declared unfit for trial have often waited three months or longer to be transferred to a hospital – regularly exceeding the state’s deadline, an Illinois Answers Project investigation ...
illinoisanswers.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Illinois defendants who have been found unfit for trial – and are in need of inpatient fitness restoration – are waiting nearly twice as long for a state hospital bed as they did five years ago.
My latest for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social
illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/11/t...
My latest for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social
illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/11/t...
Reposted by Ruby Bailey
Also congrats to @cplhouse.bsky.social @rubybailey.bsky.social, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social team & the @southsideweekly.bsky.social team for the Making It in Chicago nom! Proud the Reader was able to republish several of these stories makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Also congrats to @cplhouse.bsky.social @rubybailey.bsky.social, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social team & the @southsideweekly.bsky.social team for the Making It in Chicago nom! Proud the Reader was able to republish several of these stories makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
Reposted by Ruby Bailey
Weekly investigations editor @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social will join @illinoisanswers.bsky.social journalists in discussing "Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity" at a live podcast taping at the City Club of Chicago tomorrow!
www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5697...
www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5697...
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Weekly investigations editor @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social will join @illinoisanswers.bsky.social journalists in discussing "Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity" at a live podcast taping at the City Club of Chicago tomorrow!
www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5697...
www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5697...
Reposted by Ruby Bailey
Achieving economic mobility has become difficult for many Chicagoans.
That’s among the key findings in a recent and wide-ranging series of stories from the Illinois Answers Project.
That’s among the key findings in a recent and wide-ranging series of stories from the Illinois Answers Project.
Why some Chicagoans struggle to find financial freedom
CHICAGO (WGN) — Achieving economic mobility has become difficult for many Chicagoans. That’s among the key findings in a recent and wide-ranging series of stories from the Illinois Answers Project.…
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May 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Achieving economic mobility has become difficult for many Chicagoans.
That’s among the key findings in a recent and wide-ranging series of stories from the Illinois Answers Project.
That’s among the key findings in a recent and wide-ranging series of stories from the Illinois Answers Project.
Reposted by Ruby Bailey
After a community listening tour last fall, we charged ahead, reporting on topics as big as...
child care costs
affordable housing & healthcare
student loans
Gig work
violence interrupters
and aging in place.
Our series "Making it in Chicago" is the result:
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
child care costs
affordable housing & healthcare
student loans
Gig work
violence interrupters
and aging in place.
Our series "Making it in Chicago" is the result:
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
May 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
After a community listening tour last fall, we charged ahead, reporting on topics as big as...
child care costs
affordable housing & healthcare
student loans
Gig work
violence interrupters
and aging in place.
Our series "Making it in Chicago" is the result:
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
child care costs
affordable housing & healthcare
student loans
Gig work
violence interrupters
and aging in place.
Our series "Making it in Chicago" is the result:
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org