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IL: Gov. Pat Quinn says 'no final decisions' yet on prisoner releases Plan to lay off 1,000 prison workers is 'reckless,' union spokesman says

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Gov. Pat Quinn says 'no final decisions' yet on prisoner releases Plan to lay off 1,000 prison workers is 'reckless,' union spokesman says By Monique Garcia and Ray Long | Tribune reporters July 10, 2009 Gov. Pat Quinn tried Thursday to temper growing concerns over his plans to release low-level inmates so he can lay off 1,000 prison workers, saying he wants to "carefully examine" the idea but has made "no final decisions." Prison union leaders say as many as 11,000 of Illinois' 45,500 or so inmates could be eligible for release. Quinn administration officials said they are still compiling a list but are focusing on inmates charged primarily with drug crimes who are in the last year of their sentences. G State law, however, allows for a much broader range of prisoners to be released, including those who were convicted of various property crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 19, 2009 (boomark / email).