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| Inmates' Lives Changed at Sheridan Prison |
| By pantagraph.com |
| Published: 03/29/2010 |
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SHERIDAN -- When Joe Jumper needs a reminder of how his life has changed, he looks in two mirrors he keeps in his cell at the Sheridan Correctional Center. "One mirror has a lot of cracks in it and one is clear. When I first came here, the one I looked at was the one with the cracks. When I see myself now, it's a clear view. I don't have those cracks anymore and it's a good feeling," said the 46-year-old Bloomington man. Sentenced to prison on drug charges, Jumper is finishing a two-year stint at Sheridan, one of two Illinois prison facilities dedicated to helping prisoners with addictions. The other, Southwestern Correctional Center, uses the Sheridan model and a program for meth addicts. "Since I've been here I've realized there's a correct way to live and a wrong way to live. At this point in my life, it's time to choose the correct way," said Jumper, adamant that his fourth trip to prison will be his last. Located on 270 sprawling acres in LaSalle County -- 95 acres inside a fence -- Sheridan currently houses 1,351 inmates, including 935 in its therapeutic program and 416 general population prisoners who are in or waiting to join a pre-treatment drug program. Admittance to Sheridan is voluntary for inmates screened by IDOC and excludes sex offenders and murderers. Read More. |
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