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Improving Public Defense in Illinois

A Listening Session

2024-11-07 17:00:00 2024-11-07 21:00:00 America/Chicago Improving Public Defense in Illinois Nordlof Center - Large Multipurpose Room

Thursday, November 07
5:00pm - 9:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-07 17:00:00 2024-11-07 21:00:00 America/Chicago Improving Public Defense in Illinois Join Rockford Urban Ministries, TASC, and Eliminate Racism 815 at 6:00 pm for a listening session on the state of public defense in Illinois. Nordlof Center - Large Multipurpose Room

Nordlof Center

Large Multipurpose Room

Join Rockford Urban Ministries, TASC, and Eliminate Racism 815 at 6:00 pm for a listening session on the state of public defense in Illinois.

Illinois has not significantly changed its public defense structure since 1949. We are one of only seven states that doesn't have any statewide oversight of public defense. In every county in Illinois, the prosecutor's office gets more funding than the public defender. This affects rural and Black and Brown defendants who are most likely to be represented by a the public defender.

Nordlof Center

Phone: 815-987-6614
Branch manager
Mary Pat Muzzarelli

Hours
We're closed Tuesday December 31 due to New Years
We're closed Wednesday January 01 due to New Years
Mon, Dec 30 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Tue, Dec 31 Closed
(New Years)
Wed, Jan 01 Closed
(New Years)
Thu, Jan 02 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Fri, Jan 03 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Sat, Jan 04 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Sun, Jan 05 8:00AM to 6:00PM

About the library

Welcome to Rockford’s newest cultural, arts and community resource. Located at 118 N. Main St., Rockford, the 30,000-square-foot facility provides a multi-use performance and classroom venue for the region’s performing arts, community events, and technology training needs. The entire building is equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi access. Inside you’ll find the 280-seat J.R. Sullivan Theater, multiple meeting and classrooms and the state-of-the-art Walmart Computer Classroom.

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