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Second Time A Charm? Illinois Restarts Prison Release Program

By on February 23, 2013

INMATES IN THE ILLINOIS PRISON SYSTEM WHO BEHAVE WHILE BEHIND BARS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE… AGAIN… FOR RELEASE UP TO 6 MONTHS EARLY…

 

THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ANNOUNCED A TOUGHER, REVAMPED “SUPPLEMENTAL SENTENCE CREDIT PROGRAM” FRIDAY. ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PAT QUINN SUSPENDED A SIMILAR PROGRAM MORE THAN 3 YEARS AGO AFTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REVEALED THE PRISON AGENCY HAD TAKEN SECRET SHORTCUTS WITH IT. THE HALT SWELLED THE NUMBER OF INMATES, AND THERE ARE NOW 49,000 INMATES IN SPACE DESIGNED FOR ONLY 33,000.