Maps

Maps of the registration process drawn by people experiencing homelessness who register weekly

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Drawing the Experience of Registration
These maps are drawn by the Chicago 400 men and women to explain the experience of perpetual registration at Chicago Police Headquarters. Because they "lack a fixed address," Illinois state law requires them to report for re-registration every week. The maps detail their weekly journey to the police station and the hours of waiting and processing once they get there. Other maps detail the experience of receiving a parole violation for not having a home to parole to that has been approved by the Department of Corrections, and remaining incarcerated an extra 2-3 years because of it. This phenomenon happens largely because of housing banishment laws make most living areas unavailable.

Drawing gives people a chance to investigate and consider the impact of years of weekly registration and a lifetime of ongoing police contact. By excavating and externalizing their knowledge of all these confusing and convoluted bureaucratic processes, the maps allow them to represent it to others.