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The state may still be far from a budget deal, but the General Assembly was able to pass several criminal justice reforms in the spring legislative…
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Illinois struggles with its prison population in part because of its political culture. For decade, policymakers enacted greater and greater penalties for…
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A task force meant to overhaul Illinois’ criminal justice system is meeting for the first time Thursday in Springfield.Gov. Bruce Rauner briefly addressed…
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Xavier McElrath-Bey was arrested when he was 13 years old. The Chicagoan went to prison for first degree murder for a gang-related crime. He left prison…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday named the men and women he's asked to assess crime and punishment in Illinois. The Illinois State Commission on Criminal…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner visited a state prison Wednesday. It’s the first time a sitting governor has done that in years.Rauner says an overhaul of Illinois’…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced Wednesday he would convene a commission to look at criminal justice policy.State prisons in Illinois are at 150…
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Illinois has a clear ambition for what it would like to do with members of its criminal class, and it’s right there in the name of the state agency set up…
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Not long ago, attempts to raise criminal penalties in Illinois were met with a standing joke. All such legislation had to make it through the Senate…
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As a candidate for governor once again tries to make political hay over a prison early-release program, a group of state lawmakers met in Chicago Tuesday…