The Joe Coleman Medical Release Act was expected to have freed hundreds of terminally ill and medically incapacitated prisoners in Illinois by now. But only a few dozen have been released, an investigation from Injustice Watch and WBEZ reveals.
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Pritzker defends denials of medical release requests from dying and disabled prisoners
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“We’re not just going to push everybody out the door just because there’s somebody who complains that we haven’t done it the way they would like it done,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in response to an Injustice Watch and WBEZ investigation.
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Homecoming
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Every year, about 20,000 people leave Illinois prisons. Two in five will return to prison within three years. State and local officials want to stop this tragic and expensive cycle.
SAFE-T Act
There’s no ‘Purge Law’: Debunking right-wing propaganda about the SAFE-T Act
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Myths, half-truths, and obvious falsehoods about the SAFE-T Act have spread like wildfire. Injustice Watch breaks down and fact-checks some of the most egregious claims.
Prisons and Jails
To attend a Ph.D. program, he needs Gov. Pritzker’s help getting out of prison
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Johnny Pippins has already finished a master’s degree while in prison. Now he’s asking Illinois’ governor to grant him clemency to continue his education.
Prisons and Jails
The Illinois Department of Corrections misled the public on Legionella outbreak at several prisons
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In a press release last month, officials said Legionella had been found in two prisons, but records show it had actually been found at five.
Prisons and Jails
Covid-19 again hits Illinois prisons, exacerbating long-standing failures in medical and mental health care
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Despite dramatically reduced prison populations, officials continue to face problems containing the virus because of lagging vaccine rates of prison staff.