Ep. 5: Insights from Illinois Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform

Justice Voices

Aug 10 2021 | 00:34:39

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Show Notes

This episode provides a big picture overview of why our criminal justice system needs improvement, especially regarding our overuse of prisons, by exploring the gold mine of information and perspective in the 2016 report of the Illinois Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform. The primary focus of this episode is on the background information of the report, which is divided into four subsections: The role of prisons The impact of high incarceration The resource question (or what I refer to as the resource riddle) And finally, guiding principles and operating assumptions. Among the most important points we hope you […]

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