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First ex-offender receives professional license upon release in state program
By annanews.com
Published: 10/12/2016

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, IDFPR, and the Illinois Department of Corrections, IDOC, report that Landus Jackson, 40, of Mound City, was released from Vienna Correctional Center on Tuesday morning, Oct. 4, with a State of Illinois cosmetology license.

The two departments said that Jackson had successfully completed his cosmetology classes and IDFPR application process while incarcerated. It is the first professional license given to an ex-offender immediately upon being released from prison.

Jackson received his license through a Rauner Administration initiative that allows offenders who have completed the required coursework for barbering and cosmetology to apply for their professional license up to six months before their release or parole date.

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