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Illinois legislators set to change 'offender' to 'justice-impacted individual'
The Center Square· 6 hours agoHouse Bill 4409 would add Illinois Department of Corrections representation to the Adult Redeploy ...
Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker prison plan
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBut no matter what the panel decides, the Pritzker administration can go ahead with its plans so long as money is built into the state’s next budget. “I want everybody...
California Democrats want Gavin Newsom to close more prisons over cutting child care, welfare
The Sacramento Bee· 6 days agoCalifornia Democrats worried about deeper child care and social safety net cuts in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget want the state to instead close more prisons. Assemblyman ...
DOJ sues Oklahoma over law setting state penalties for those living in the US illegally
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 6 hours agoThe lawsuit in federal court in Oklahoma City challenges an Oklahoma law that makes it a state crime — punishable by up to two years in prison — to live in the state without ...
Gerald Reed's decadeslong Chicago double murder case ends with not-guilty finding
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoThe same year, Gov...J.B. Pritzker commuted Reed’s life sentence in the killings to “time served” because of health risks he faced in prison during the pandemic, and Reed ...
Mayor Johnson heads to Canada
Politico· 7 days agoMcCoppin — Some policy research: Long-term liabilities weigh on state finances, via Pew — Prison educators and abolitionists have mixed feelings about Pritzker’s proposal ...
Former US Army sergeant released from prison after Gov. Abbott pardons him for 2020 fatal Black...
WKBT La Crosse· 5 days agoDaniel Perry returns to his chair after being sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Garrett Foster...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry visits Catholic schools to boost support of ESA bill
ABC 26 New Orleans· 5 days agoLouisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is hoping to gain support for a bill that would allow some students to...
Even where abortion is legal, there are high barriers to obtaining one while in jail
AOL· 5 days agoPaige sat in the nurses' station at the Rockford, Illinois, Winnebago County Jail in shock. Paige,...
Pro-Palestine groups rally at 18th District police station
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoDozens of Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in River North on Sunday calling for Illinois to divest from Israel and for justice for wrongfully convicted people in the state ...