The spring legislative season is in high gear in Illinois, with committee hearings requiring witness slips on many bills designed to move us toward justice in our criminal legal system. Some of them are mentioned in the sections of the website on Getting Involved in Criminal Justice Reform and on Advocacy in Illinois.
The sections of the website on Upcoming Programs and Events and on Books, Reports and Articles report on new things to watch and read, including a Webinar and a report on re-punishment for past behavior, a Webinar on a new curriculum for reducing violence, reports on following the money of mass incarceration and on the failure of policies banning books in prison, and articles on felony murder, juvenile justice in Illinois, and the proposed Home for Good legislation to develop supportive housing for those returning from prison.