Governor Bruce Rauner is scheduled to meet with members of his criminal justice reform commission this morning. He's set a goal of reducing Illinois' prison population by 25 percent over the next decade.
Most conversations about crowded prisons begin with the “war on drugs.” But as Illinois Public Radio's Brian Mackey tells us in our latest Illinois Issues In-Depth report — it’s going to take more than looser drug laws to relieve crowding in Illinois prisons.
