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| Criminal justice reform panel makes first recommendations |
| By herald-review.com- Dan Petrella |
| Published: 01/15/2016 |
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SPRINGFIELD -- A commission working on ways to reduce Illinois’ prison population by 25 percent over the next decade has issued its first set of recommendations to Gov. Bruce Rauner. Among the 14 recommendations in its initial report are improving the collection and sharing of data among units of government, giving judges more discretion to give probation in certain lower-level felony cases and setting up a way to place terminally ill or incapacitated prisoners in home confinement or medical facilities. The Illinois State Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform, which the first-term Republican governor created last year during his first month in office, met Wednesday in Springfield. Rauner made a brief appearance at the meeting to thank the group for its recommendations and encourage panel members to keep at it. Read More. |
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