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Another suspicious inmate death at Menard prison
SPRINGFIELD | Another inmate death is under investigation at the Menard Correctional Center.
First inmates freed in revamped early release program
SPRINGFIELD | A 34-year-old southern Illinois man last week became the first Illinois prison inmate sent home on parole under a revamped early release program.
State readies for revamped early prisoner release program
SPRINGFIELD | The Quinn administration began taking the first steps Wednesday to restart an early inmate release program that could reduce the population of the state’s overcrowded prison system.
Early prisoner release program still on hold
SPRINGFIELD | More than six months have passed since Gov. Pat Quinn approved legislation designed to ease overcrowding within the state’s bursting-at-the-seams prison system.
Prison cuts include reductions to drug counseling, job training
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | Not only does Gov. Pat Quinn's state budget proposal call for shoehorning more inmates into fewer prisons, it also would reduce drug counseling and job training programs for prisoners.
Report says Illinois should rethink youth prison system
SPRINGFIELD | A new report says Illinois is locking up too many juveniles in youth prisons that are understaffed and lack effective programs.
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