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| Back to prison for Illinois DUI offenders |
| By duiattorney.com |
| Published: 01/05/2010 |
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An early release program approved by Gov. Quinn allowed 18 felony drunk driving offenders to move into home confinement instead of prison, but they have now been taken back to jail. Gov. Quinn ordered all of the offenders serve the remainder of their time behind bars despite previously qualifying under the early release program. Of the 18 offenders, each was scheduled to be paroled between January and November. They will now have to wait out their sentences back in prison after returning home for just a few days. The change in policy came after public outrage over the release of felony drivers in a group of 204 inmates allowed to go home under the program, designed to save $5M in taxpayer dollars. The program was aimed at non-violent offenders, and about 1,000 inmates in total are expected to return home to serve their sentence. MADD, among other activist groups, was angered at the classification of a felony DUI driver as a non violent offender. The state Corrections Department agreed with this assessment of the level of violence involved in the felony crimes, most of which resulted from repeat DUI offenses, and made the decision to move the offenders back into the state's care. Read More. |
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