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| Families and friends to be blamed for recidivism cases, experts say |
| By news.medill.northwestern.edu - /news.medill.northwestern.edu |
| Published: 01/18/2013 |
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Lack of support from family and friends leads more than half of Illinois parolees to violate parole and return to jail. “It is very rare for someone to get out of prison and not to make future mistakes,” said John Maki, executive director of the John Howard Association, a nonprofit prison reform organization. One recent example of a recidivism case is an Evanston man arrested Monday and charged with drug dealing while on parole. Tracy Miller, 24, was first arrested for armed robbery, said Cmdr. Jay Parrott of the Evanston Police Department, and went to prison in March 2010. He was released on parole in August 2012, and less than five months later was arrested again and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance, both class Xfelonies. Class X felonies require prison time and are not subject to probation. Read More. |
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