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For real reform, look to Illinois Department of Corrections
By rebootillinois.com- Scott Reeder
Published: 07/21/2015

SPRINGFIELD – “Ma’am I’ve got some good news for you. Your grandson is being released from prison.”

I made that phone call about 15 years ago after covering a session of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board and watching the board members vote to release a long-serving inmate.

The elated grandmother dropped the phone receiver and screamed, “Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, Jesus!” I could hear her feet thumping and relatives hollering with joy. Cheers roared across the phone line.

And then there was silence. The

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