Insure or Imprison?
By Eva Nagao If you are incarcerated at any point in your life, you are likely unhealthier both before, during, and after your incarceration when compared to an individual who does not experience imprisonment. Prisons are disproportionately filled with low-income[1] individuals and ethnic and racial minorities. Excluding prisoners from adequate healthcare (i.e. the Medicaid Inmate ...
State Identification & the Reentry Process
by Sam Steiber, MSW, LSW When Eva suggested I write about the reentry process here in Illinois, I sifted through articles, academic papers, and studies. I found countless statistics[1], factoids[2], and laws[3], all of which support the argument that the reentry process here in Illinois – and the country – is needlessly complicated for most, ...
BREAKING: Patrick Prince, Exonerated!
Exoneration Project clinic students Michaela Kabat and Regina Wood with Attorney & Lecturer David Owens. [UPDATED STORY: On May 16, 2017, prosecutors declined to retry Patrick Prince and formally dismissed the charges against him. He will be freed after 26 years of wrongful conviction. He is 46 years old. Patrick is the 25th Exoneration ...
The Story of Illinois C-Numbers
By Attorney Josh Tepfer On February 1, 1978, Illinois made one of its most significant changes to its criminal justice scheme. As of that date, all sentences imposed upon individuals convicted of criminal offenses were made determinate – that is, individuals were sentenced to a specific number of years or days, and, generally speaking [1], the ...