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Reentry housing bill draws support from advocates; debate centers on cost, public safety

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The bill expands affordable housing and reentry services for people leaving Illinois prisons, aiming to improve long-term outcomes by reducing homelessness and recidivism. #bill #housing #prison
Chicago

Oversight panel OKs rule on digitized prison mail in Illinois with new changes

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Reading letters from loved ones on a tablet, they said, was not the same as being able to hold the real thing. #mail #prison #corrections
Politics

Bailey–Del Mar Campaign Blames Pritzker After Drug Overdoses at Pinckneyville Prison

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Del Mar criticized the governor’s criminal justice policies, claiming they have “weakened discipline” and “demoralized” correctional staff. #campaign #overdoses
Community

Ventura Urges Residents to Attend Meeting on Future of Collins Street Prison Property

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The 168-acre site, once home to the historic Joliet Correctional Center—commonly known as the Collins Street Prison—has been the center of growing controversy. #property
Chicago

Chicago Man Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Prison for Illegal Firearms Sales

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Burgos pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal firearm charges. On Aug. 15, U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger sentenced him to 16 years and eight months in prison. #firearms
Chicago

John Hooker, first of ‘ComEd Four’ to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prison

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“Corruption fuels a power that is wielded not for representative democracy by the will of the people, but things like oligarchy, autocracy, even kleptocracy, all while keeping up appearance of democracy,” Shah said. #sentencing
Chicago

Measure raising minimum detainment age in Illinois remains in committee

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Billing it as a measure that gives young people a fairer chance by working to prevent early criminalization, the Illinois House advanced Senate Bill 2418 by a 73-41 vote before legislators adjourned spring session. #age
Crime

Chicago Lab Owner Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison in Connection With $14 Million Covid-19 Testing Fraud Scheme

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Alvi caused tens of thousands of claims to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for Covid-19 tests that were not performed as billed.  #covid
Crime

Federal Jury Convicts Man of Robbing Bank in Lake County, IL

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On Monday, June 2, the jury in U.S. District Court in Chicago convicted him of one count of bank robbery, which is punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. #convicted
Chicago

Chief Apostle Mccoy, Gator Bradley Join Larry Hoover’s Wife in Seeking Pardon

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When President Trump commuted the federal drugs and extortion sentence of the 74-year-old Hoover, McCoy and Bradley called on Pritzker to do the “righteous thing” and grant the pardon. #pardon
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