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| Bruce Rauner's commission examines Illinois sentencing laws |
| By nwherald.com- Chelsea McDougall |
| Published: 03/26/2015 |
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A commission to re-evaluate Illinois’ sentencing laws, and eventually reduce the state’s prison population, is moving forward under Gov. Bruce Rauner. With the new Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform, Rauner has tasked the panel to find ways to reduce the prison population by 25 percent in the next 10 years. It’s a pretty tall order, but as one prison watchdog group put it: “We’d rather it be 50 percent in five years,” said Jennifer Vollen-Katz, interim executive director of the John Howard Association of Illinois, which works to achieve a fair, humane and cost-effective criminal justice system by promoting adult and juvenile prison reform. Rauner isn’t the first politician to look at criminal justice reform, nor is he likely to be the last. But reforms typically have little chance for becoming law, Vollen-Katz said, because it can be politically unpopular to be anything but “tough on crime.” Read More. |
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