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| Better Tracking Could Save State Money |
| By pjstar.com |
| Published: 03/10/2011 |
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A little more than 14 months ago, word came out that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's administration had released a slew of prisoners early as a budget-saving measure. Over the next couple of months, it became clear that one of the biggest problems Quinn's Department of Corrections had was keeping track of those offenders, some of whom never should have been let go and who allegedly committed other crimes while back out on the streets. During the inquiry into how the early-release debacle came to be, the retired judge leading the probe pointed his finger at an "antiquated" series of computer networks - 41 at the most recent count, some still running on machines that make the Apple II-e look cutting-edge. Quinn & Co. said they'd make it a priority to begin modernizing the technology, centralizing it and making it easily accessible. To their credit, the work started last year, focusing on the most-used systems first and putting them into a one-stop system called Offender 360. Now some of the funding to continue that transition is in question thanks to the state budget crunch and a court challenge stalling the capital projects bill. Read More. |
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