Compassionate Release
In compassionate release cases, judges have to decide if an inmate’s situation presents “extraordinary and compelling reasons” to reduce their prison sentence. In
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Stop Mass Incarceration COVID19
THE JAIL CYCLE: Spreading COVID-19
New research has found that nearly one in six cases of COVID-19 in Chicago and Illinois can be connected to people moving through
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AN END TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE?
After spending more than half his life behind bars, George Mullins can tick off what he sees as sorely needed programs: economic literacy,
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BREONNA TAYLOR
People are wishing Breonna Taylor a happy birthday on the day she would have turned 27. Â Taylor was shot and killed by police
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ILHAN OMAR ON POLICE BRUTALITY
This is truly a systematic problem. Black people in this country, from the days of being Enslaved to the days of being Lynched,
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PROTESTERS MOURN GEORGE FLOYD NATIONWIDE
Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets around the US today to demand justice for George Floyd and other black Americans
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COVID-19 & THE CRISIS OF INCARCERATION
Good afternoon, my name is Joseph Dole. I am one of the cofounders of Parole Illinois and am currently the Policy Director. Every
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YOU’RE INVITED & NEEDED: Hope To See You There
Join us for a public hearing on the current conditions that incarcerated people are facing under the COVID-19 pandemic and how communities inside
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JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office on Wednesday upgraded charges against the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck and charged
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ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE PROTEST A CHANCE
The movement to defund the police is gaining significant support across America, including from elected leaders, as protests over the killing of George
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