Presumed Innocent, Yet Purged from the Rolls: Navigating Welfare Programs upon Release from Cook County Jail

Eleanor Sara Josephine Khirallah was a finalist in the 2019 Chicago Studies Undergraduate Research Colloquium. This article represents an edited version of the author's undergraduate thesis as published in Chicago Studies 2019. For the thesis submitted in fulfillment of the author's degree requirements, visit https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.2491.