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WSIU's Brad Palmer recently attended a Re-entry Summit at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center to learn more about how the process works to try to reduce…
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Lance Pittman arrived at the Danville Correctional Center on Jan. 10 with multiple boxes of books, and bound printouts of articles and book chapters....
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An inmate’s complaint about an Illinois prison’s refusal to let her breastfeed has led to a system-wide policy change at the Illinois Department of...
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The new director of the Illinois Department of Corrections said during a legislative hearing in Chicago on Monday that the agency plans to revise its...
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Augie Torres said he missed between seven and 10 job interviews when he was released from prison in October 2014 because he was on an electronic monitor...
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Last week, Illinois Newsroom reported on the removal of more than 200 books from the shelves of a college in prison program’s library inside the...
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A bill to repurpose a portion of the shuttered Tamms Correctional Center is moving to the governor's desk.The bill's sponsor, Murphysboro State…
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Johnny Page saw something as a child that no young person should ever see. “I witnessed my cousin being killed when I was maybe six, seven-years-old,”...
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A new proposal in Illinois aims to reduce the time juveniles spend behind bars before their trial, but some argue it might not be in the best interests...
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The Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Fairfield Police Department and U-S Marshall Service are actively searching for an escapee from a work release…