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A controversial holding cell at an Illinois women’s prison is still being used, over one year after the head of corrections vowed to take it down. Guards…
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The Rockford native committed a sex crime, and in order to get out of prison he has to meet the state’s long list of rigid parole requirements for those…
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A new law will allow people leaving Illinois prisons to get a copy of their birth certificate for free.It’s meant to make it easier for former prisoners…
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Governor Bruce Rauner wants a private employer to take over 120 nursing jobs from state prisons. But the Illinois Senate passed legislation that would…
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Any day now, Governor Bruce Rauner's criminal justice reform commission is expected to release its final set of recommendations. It's trying to figure out…
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In an era of political gridlock, one of the few topics on which there's been hope of bipartisan cooperation is on the issues of crime and punishment....
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Illinois prison data shows that the state's population of inmates has dropped by more than 4,200 since fiscal year 2014. Illinois Department of…
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In January, the Illinois prison population was down by more than 2,500 inmates over a year earlier. But that’s still a long way off from Gov. Bruce...
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A pair of Illinois lawmakers are trying to stop the state from suing former prisoners to pay for their own incarceration. Right now, the state of Illinois…
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Governor Bruce Rauner says he’ll work to implement the recommendations of his criminal justice commission.He stopped by a meeting today, as commissioners…