Janelle O'Dea
Data Reporter | Center for Public IntegrityJanelle O'Dea is an investigative reporter with the Illinois Answers Project’s State Investigations Team. Previously, she worked at the Center for Public Integrity and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Janelle is from a small town outside of Champaign-Urbana, called Mahomet, and the Midwest is her home. Prior to moving to St. Louis, she worked in Florida and Colorado covering business and government. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a major in journalism and a minor in informatics, and is a passionate, longtime member of Investigative Reporters and Editors.
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Madison County Jail strapped people to chairs for hours, days. Many were mentally ill, in withdrawalOf all Illinois jails, Madison County has the most incidents of restraint lasting longer than 10 hours–the upper limit set by the chair manufacturer. The jail said they’re not equipped to care for so many mentally ill detainees. -
‘It gave us information that we couldn’t have received any other way’: Local officials worry about Election Day problems, especially for voters who have recently moved.
