First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety
Through the smarter use of parole, Illinois may be able to cut millions from its prison budget.
Changes to transfer policy will keep more minors under juvenile supervision, where they belong.
To get ex-offenders back to work and reduce crime, Illinois needs to lift restrictions on the right to earn a living.
Adult Redeploy has already saved Illinois nearly $50 million. Expanding it would save millions more.
The Illinois Department of Corrections reports that 62 percent of inmates are parents.
Illinois’ prison system is failing taxpayers and offenders alike. Here are six reforms to start fixing the problem.
Illinois spends $1.4 billion a year on overcrowded state prisons. Can the state get more for less?
Illinois’ prison budget grew $110 million over the last five years.
South Dakota’s sobriety program is a good model to combat drunk driving; Illinois should adopt it.
Fixing criminal-justice disparities means improving education as well.
The initial overview of plans to safely reduce Illinois’ prison population by 25 percent contains important lessons for policymakers.
One story shows how poorly written laws can cost responsible parents their livelihoods.
True ticket costs are hard to stomach in many Illinois cities.