State to Save with Early Prison Release
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › September 22, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD - About 1,000 nonviolent offenders will be released early from Illinois prisons to ease overcrowding amid a budget crisis as part of what Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday will be a "smarter, tougher" correctional system.
Unlocking cells for "low-level" criminals is one piece of a two- pronged criminal justice reform that will cost $4 million, officials said.See the full content of this document
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State to Save with Early Prison Release
Half the money will be spent on electronic monitoring for the released prisoners. The rest will go toward community-based programs, such as ...
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