Tag: Senate Bill 3233
REDEMPTION AT STATEVILLE: Battling False Hope 4 Cookies At A Time
He did time in Pontiac. He did time in Menard. He did time in Stateville.
Those places held Smiley but they will not define him which is to say of course they will define him because how can you spend time in a place and not take a part of that place with you?
Now Smiley works at Legacy Reentry Foundation in Waukegan.
Support Parole Illinois: Janet Jackson
Give the gift of resources this holiday season!
Parole Illinois is pushing for policy changes that help reverse cycles of violence and incarceration and give people like Janet a fair chance to be reviewed for release.
With your help, we can bring their stories to a wider audience and gain support for a system of Earned Discretionary Reentry that provides our loved ones opportunities to finally come home.
You can support us by making a donation.
Support Parole Illinois: Howard Keller
Parole Illinois is pushing for policy changes that help reverse cycles of violence and incarceration and give people like Howard fair chances to be reviewed for release.
With your help, we can bring the story of Howard and others like him to a wider audience and gain support for a system of Earned Discretionary Reentry that provides our loved ones opportunities to finally come home.
Make a gift to Parole Illinois this season so we have the resources to pass Earned Discretionary Reentry in Illinois. You can donate here…
Support Parole Illinois: Valdez Jordan
Parole Illinois is pushing for policy changes that help reverse cycles of violence and incarceration and give people like Valdez fair chances to be reviewed for release.
With your help, we can bring the story of Valdez to a wider audience and gain support for a system of Earned Discretionary Reentry that provides our loved ones opportunities to finally come home.
This month we are raising money so we can raise awareness and gain support for Earned Discretionary Reentry in Illinois. You can support us by making a donation…
COVID-19 Compels America To Rethink Who We Lock Up In Prison
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the limits of our criminal justice system.
Now, we have an opportunity to change it for the better. We should start by following the science, advocating for our most vulnerable populations to have access to protections, treatments and vaccines.
Then we need to ask a bigger question — whether it makes sense to incarcerate so many people in the first place.
Even as the first doses of the vaccine are administered, we are in for a tough winter. And people locked up in prisons, jails and detention centers are among those most at risk of contracting COVID-19, becoming gravely ill, or worse.
Support Parole Illinois: Benard Mckinley
Give the gift of resources this holiday season!
Parole Illinois is pushing for policy changes that help reverse cycles of violence and incarceration and give people like Benard a fair chance to be reviewed for release.
With your help, we can bring their stories to a wider audience and gain support for a system of Earned Discretionary Reentry that provides our loved ones opportunities to finally come home.
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