Parole Reform Can Free Inequality
We need to build new systems rooted in our communities to keep us safe, and we cannot succeed when so many of our
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Love Offering For Lauren Metlock
As you may know, our dear community member, activist, friend, sister, daughter, wife, and mother, Lauren Metlock, transitioned on February 8th. As members of her community, we
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Crime Is Spiking, But Parole & Rehabilitation For Prisoners Still Make Sense
Parole allows prisoners who have served a significant percentage of their sentences to go before a parole board and demonstrate they have rehabilitated
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Illinois Prisoners Wrongly Used To Wash Cars, Shine Shoes, For IDOC Employee Fund
The Illinois penal system improperly used prisoners to wash cars, shine shoes and perform other tasks at employee-led fundraisers to benefit prison workers
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They Were Sentenced To Life In Prison. Who Should Decide If They Get A Second Chance?
Between 1969 and 1994, Maryland paroled 181 lifers. In the following two decades, none. When the murder of George Floyd set off a
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Please Hear Us, Governor Pritzker!
From Janet Jackson, currently incarcerated at Logan Correctional Center For Women… “Honorable Governor JB Pritzker, while COVID19 rages through our prisons, please consider
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Omicron At Stateville
Stateville had 410 confirmed positive cases among its incarcerated population—the second highest number in the state—and 106 cases among staff, which was the
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Join Us For The Week Of Legislative Focus & Action
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Honoring The Legacy Of MLK
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