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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
Mon, Oct 28 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Tue, Oct 29 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Wed, Oct 30 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Thu, Oct 31 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Fri, Nov 01 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Sat, Nov 02 8:00AM to 11:00PM
Sun, Nov 03 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.

Upcoming events

Thu, Nov 07, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Large Multipurpose Room

Tue, Nov 12, 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Black Box Theater

Tue, Nov 26, 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Black Box Theater

Tue, Nov 26, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Art Studio