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| Illinois Department of Corrections to open life skills facility |
| By dailynorthwestern.com- Nora Shelly |
| Published: 10/17/2016 |
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Gov. Bruce Rauner announced last week that the Illinois Department of Corrections will be opening up a life skills facility for convicts in southern Illinois. Rauner ordered the Illinois Department of Corrections to repurpose a juvenile facility in Murphysboro into a Life Skills and Re-entry facility, which will aim to give prisoners education, vocational and life skills training to encourage a more successful transition once they leave prison. “After somebody has been punished for a crime, we can keep our communities safer; we can reduce crime, if we give them skills so that they’re not right back doing illegal things again,” Rauner said during a press conference. “We’ve got to stop the revolving door.” Read More. |
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