We’ve asked you, our friends and supporters, to help get our judicial election guide inside the Cook County Jail for incarcerated voters.

Today, we were informed that the 1000 judicial voting guides we’ve submitted were rejected and never received. https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2020/cook-county-jail-rejects-1000-judicial-election-guides-mailed-to-detainees/

"This absolutely should not have occurred as our policy specifically allows for mail printed on newsprint to be disseminated to detainees. We are working to determine where the error in judgment took place."

- Cook County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Matthew Wahlberg

We partnered with @SouthSideWeekly to create print versions of our judicial elections guide.

We paid local artists, including two incarcerated artists with @ArtsPrison, to create postcards for a fundraising campaign that paid for the production and delivery of our guides.

We invited readers, supporters, and friends to Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chinatown on Oct. 8 to help package and address the judicial guides for mailing.

These were much-appreciated volunteer hours that assisted our staff and made our goal attainable.

This is disappointing news. Our first-ever attempt to inform voters inside the Cook County Jail failed to meet our expectations. We recognize the meetings, labor, and money that supported this effort.

We apologize to our community and all who assisted in our vision.

However, we are not discouraged by the news.

We are more determined and will continue to inform Cook County voters—incarcerated and not—about their judges and judicial system. #CheckYourJudges.