From 1972-1991, Chicago Police tortured at least 120 black men to solicit confessions (many false) with electrocution, sexual assault, beatings, and mock executions—leaving legacies of racially-motivated, off-the-record abuses. Courtesy of:  People’s Law Office

Founded in 1969, the Chicago-based People’s Law Office successfully brought lawsuits against Marion USP, and represented victims of the Chicago Police’s torture ring and of Adams-et-al. v. Venick. Courtesy of: Freedom Archives, People's Law Office

In 2012, DePaul University began its Inside-Out program, wherein incarcerated people and college students meet and learn as equals. This design appears on the t-shirts DePaul's "outside-students" wear "inside". Courtesy of: Eric, an incarcerated student in DePaul’s Inside-Out program

By offering “outside-students’" research on Illinois’s history alongside contemporary voices from inside an Illinois state prison, this exhibit hopes to inspire us all to contemplate legacies of mass incarceration. Courtesy of: Chris, an incarcerated student in DePaul’s Inside-Out program