Indiana Reentry Corporation reposted this
Exactly what I have been told. I have a few brothers who have alteady shared their paperwork with me.
An Illinois judge cleared the way Wednesday for a broader legal challenge to how state prison officials have been calculating sentence reductions, potentially affecting hundreds of incarcerated people who say they should have been released from prison already because they participated in rehabilitative programs. The ruling gives the go-ahead to a statewide lawsuit against Illinois Department of Corrections Acting Director Latoya Hughes, expanding what started as one prisoner’s complaint filed without the help of an attorney. The lawsuit challenges the way the prison system has implemented a change in law meant to give people more time off their sentences for participating in work and education programs. That change went into effect in January. Almost a year later, some incarcerated individuals say they still haven’t received proper credit for participating in eligible programs. Some of them have been participating in these activities for decades. A WBEZ Chicago and Open Campus investigation in April found that poor recordkeeping and inconsistent implementation of the law has especially harmed people who have been incarcerated since the 1990s. Many of IDOC’s records only go back to 2010, when the corrections department switched to a new digital information system. My latest coverage of the implementation of the new earned time law in Illinois prisons, with comments from Alan Mills. https://lnkd.in/g2UDsCEz