Carlos Ballesteros of Injustice Watch, Shannon Heffernan of WBEZ, and Amy Qin, WBEZ

Phillip Merritt’s dementia is so advanced he’s lost the ability to speak. But with the help of his cellmates at Western Illinois Correctional Center, the 71-year-old still manages to get on the phone with his brother every few weeks. “He has to have someone call me, and then I don’t know what to say to […]