Rauner signs bill limiting prison phone call costs

By Bryant Jackson-Green

09/13/2016

New law reduces the rate for which Illinois’ adult and juvenile corrections facilities can contract for inmate telephone service.

TAGS: criminal justice reform, prison, prison reform

AFSCME uses prisoners as pawns in budget debate

By Austin Berg

06/23/2016

A representative from the state-worker union called for collective action from governments of prison towns to force Gov. Bruce Rauner’s hand in the budget debate, which could expose thousands of incarcerated Illinoisans to squalid, dangerous conditions.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Bruce Rauner, budget, prison

Illinois leads nation in overcrowded prisons

By Bryant Jackson-Green

10/13/2015

Illinois prisons held 150 percent of their maximum capacity in 2014, the highest rate of crowding of any prison system in the country, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

TAGS: criminal justice reform, prison, prison overcrowding, prison population

Illinois Justice Forum tackles problems within Illinois’ criminal-justice system

By Bryant Jackson-Green

10/08/2015

At the Illinois Justice Forum, experts discussed reforms to reduce the cost of Illinois’ criminal-justice system and improve public safety.

TAGS: Coalition for Public Safety, criminal justice reform, incarceration rates, prison, public safety

Crowded house: Illinois’ costly prison problem

By Bryant Jackson-Green

07/23/2015

Illinois spends $1.4 billion a year on overcrowded state prisons. Can the state get more for less?

TAGS: population, prison

Prison population growth driving Illinois’ corrections budget higher

By Bryant Jackson-Green

07/22/2015

Illinois’ prison budget grew $110 million over the last five years.

TAGS: budget, prison

Rauner’s proposed prison-funding increase must be accompanied by incarceration reform

By Bryant Jackson-Green

02/19/2015

To get spending under control, Illinois must incarcerate fewer people

TAGS: prison

It’s now a Class 4 felony to hide public records in Illinois

By Brian Costin

08/30/2014

It’s not all bad news in Illinois. Sometimes our politicians get it right. Illinois lawmakers have made it a Class 4 felony to intentionally hide public records from the public. House Bill 4216, introduced by state Rep. Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights, was passed unanimously by both the Illinois House and Senate. It was signed into...

TAGS: felony, prison, public records, transparency

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Rauner signs bill limiting prison phone call costs

AFSCME uses prisoners as pawns in budget debate

Illinois leads nation in overcrowded prisons

Illinois Justice Forum tackles problems within Illinois’ criminal-justice system

Crowded house: Illinois’ costly prison problem

Prison population growth driving Illinois’ corrections budget higher

Rauner’s proposed prison-funding increase must be accompanied by incarceration reform

It’s now a Class 4 felony to hide public records in Illinois

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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