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Tag: prison reform

Bill would guarantee youth with life sentences chance at parole after 40 years

Bill would guarantee youth with life sentences chance at parole after 40 years

— March 13, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers have advanced a bill that would effectively abolish life sentences for any incarcerated individual who was under the age of 21 when they received…

  • State Senate committees take on prison reform

    State Senate committees take on prison reform

    — October 14, 2020

    SPRINGFIELD — The state Senate Criminal Law Committee and Special Committee on Public Safety held a joint hearing Tuesday, Oct. 13 calling on experts to provide evidence-based recommendations…

  • Youth advocates push to restrict shackling of juveniles in court

    Youth advocates push to restrict shackling of juveniles in court

    — August 6, 2016

    Juvenile justice advocates across the state have been working on an initiative for over a year to restrict the use of shackles around the wrists and ankles of youths appearing before…

  • Cook County Jail guard charged with beating inmate

    Cook County Jail guard charged with beating inmate

    — August 9, 2016

    A 10-year Cook County correctional officer has been charged with beating an inmate. Miguel Ortiz, 44, was charged with official misconduct in connection with the incident that prosecutors…

  • Problem-solving courts in Illinois get new state standards

    Problem-solving courts in Illinois get new state standards

    — January 20, 2016

      Lester Davidson, 69, of Chicago, had already served six terms in a state penitentiary — five for drug possession and one for burglary — in April, 2014, when he was arrested…

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