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  1. IL Supreme Court Rulings..
  2. Food for thought....
  3. IL receives $2mil for IDOC
  4. Menard gets some money.
  5. Illinois Judge Rules Inmates Can Starve Themselves
  6. Ryan vs. Ryan (about DP clemency hearings)
  7. new gov.?
  8. New Governnor Lessenging sentencing?
  9. Feds say 4 wrongly convicted of murder
  10. Prison official demoted over support of mobster
  11. Public Safety Ex-Offender Self Sufficiency Act
  12. PRB recommends clemency for only 10 inmates
  13. Do you think Governor Ryan should issue a blanket commutation on the
  14. Menard has a new warden....
  15. Ill Law Firm.
  16. The Pope writes Gov Ryan.
  17. 4 Death Row Inmates Pardoned in Illinois
  18. Statement of Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-IL-2) on Governor Ryan
  19. Part of Gov Ryans speech on Friday!
  20. Ill. governor elevates justice by clearing death row
  21. Text of Blagojevich's inauguration speech
  22. New Director of IDOC appointed
  23. Prison sentences in S. Illinois are called nation's longest
  24. Abuse of Ill. Jail Prisoners Under Probe
  25. New laws mum on how cops to record interrogations
  26. After Death Row, life can be tough sentence
  27. Former Death Row Inmate Sues Chicago
  28. 4th of July Picnic at Work Release
  29. Death penalty reform law signed to require taping of murder interrogations.
  30. chicago man at pekin ill
  31. PRISON ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO TO HELP OTHERS!!!
  32. REPOST from GENERAL BOARDS ABOUT UPCOMING CHICAGO RALLY
  33. outside evals of Ill prisons
  34. C/Os assaulted at Pinckneyville
  35. IL Prisoners Beaten
  36. Prisoners allegedly beaten in Illinois jail
  37. Jail Guards Charged With Bribing Female Inmates For Sex
  38. Illinois Innocence Commission
  39. Illinois Deputy Registrars
  40. 6mo. for killing a baby?
  41. Census Count of Urban Prisoners
  42. going to legislature about marriage in IDOC
  43. Today's paper prison costs
  44. Ex-Prison Guard Admits Chicago Gang Ties
  45. Madigan v Ryan
  46. Menard
  47. Prison Shakeups: Three Wardens Fired, New Officials Named
  48. warden replacements
  49. PONTIAC PRISONER MURDERED!!
  50. New Bills being passed
  51. 2 suspended from Tamms work camp
  52. Former death row inmate running for Illinois Legislature, pledging to change laws
  53. Inmate At Stateville Prison
  54. Inmate death in Menard
  55. Closing of Stateville
  56. Action Needed
  57. Interesting Reading
  58. Madigan Supreme Court Verdict Due
  59. Chicago IL attorney suspended!!
  60. Former Gov Ryan nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
  61. Rockford Murder Trial Lawyer Is Wanted For Arrest/suspended From Practice
  62. Stateville: IDOC's refusal to approve inmate newsletter
  63. IL Secretary of State caught taking bribes
  64. Chicago Tribune and Menard Marriages
  65. 211 Not 212!!!
  66. Facility Closures
  67. D.E.N.I.S. Newsletter Banned
  68. Menard Inmate Death & Stateville CO gets 4 years
  69. State Set To Pay Wrongfully Convicted Former Inmates
  70. IDOC and Sexual Harassment
  71. Illinois General Assembly
  72. State awards prison contracts to Blagojevich contributor
  73. Great web site!!!
  74. News Flash!!!!!!!
  75. Greenville man sues Hardee's after spending year in jail
  76. No circulation for prison paper-Statesville
  77. Stateville Newsletter - House Bill HR0763
  78. Interesting read-City to pay $1.2 million in false conviction
  79. Menard Correctional - Inmate died of hypothermia
  80. Letter to Arthur Turner
  81. New Bill sitting on Governors's Desk?
  82. Ex-Cons Jobs Program in Cook County
  83. Inmate killings under scrutiny
  84. Family files lawsuit over inmate death ...
  85. Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative Grantee
  86. Stateville Pink Slips
  87. Library closings
  88. Arlington Heights Man's Death Detailed...
  89. sexual misconduct
  90. Has Menard Lost It's Warden???
  91. Prison Coaltion meeting in Illinois May 18
  92. Budget crunches! Make us lucky?
  93. Menard's New Warden
  94. http://www.idoc.state.il.us/ (When do they update)
  95. Union Upset By the DOC
  96. Pontiac and Stateville to Close?
  97. Budget Cuts.
  98. DNA tests sought in '60 killings
  99. Alternatives for Juvenille Offenders in Illinois...?
  100. 'When we see the inmates, then we will believe it'
  101. Is anybody really surprised by this?
  102. Pontiac?????
  103. Governor's email
  104. Florida charging inmates a banking fee!!!
  105. Surrogate Health Care Advocate
  106. Contracts
  107. 35% bill in IL
  108. New bill to reduce sentence
  109. inmate found innocent, freed, after 17 years
  110. Ex-Warden Notes Error in Death
  111. Benefits
  112. Illinois:AFSCME members vote to ratify state contract
  113. Menard Closing
  114. Evidence of Starved Rock Murders Tainted
  115. hear back from govt officials?
  116. New Warden Has Them Worried
  117. Crime Rate Dropping
  118. Laugh Time
  119. About Time
  120. NO Prison Closures
  121. Weger wronged !!
  122. New Parole Restrictions For Sex Offenders On The Books
  123. What WE Already Know
  124. IDOC Phone Service - Consolidated
  125. Good Time Questions?????
  126. former gov Ryan continuing work against DP
  127. Running Scared???
  128. Inmates Charged With Murder
  129. Fame At Last!!!
  130. Much Needed Improvement
  131. HB 569 Public Act 93-0207
  132. suicide at tamms a few days ago
  133. More Improvement???
  134. Yet Another Wrongful Conviction?
  135. Article - Different Rules!!!
  136. Goodbye forever Stateville!
  137. CORRECTIONS/(730 ILCS 5/) Unified Code of Corrections.
  138. Anybody hear about this?
  139. Grand Jury Points to Illinois Jail Cover-Up
  140. CHICAGO CONVENTION TIME NOVEMBER 13TH & 14TH
  141. Illinois Drug Court
  142. Article ~ Reports hint wider jail abuse
  143. Pontiac Warden resigns???
  144. Smoking Inside
  145. Judge Blocks US from Doing Searches of Internet Records
  146. Vandalia Warden Gone????
  147. Article: Prisoners still can light up in Illinois
  148. Exhibition - Artist puts a face on prison population
  149. Artist in Jacksonville Correctional Center
  150. Dwight CC Warden OUT TOO
  151. Stateville Warden On Way Out??????
  152. Stateville Warden Canned Today
  153. New Deputy Director
  154. Article: 21 inmates injured in fight at Cook County Jail
  155. Ex-con, ex-guard join to teach kids
  156. Stateville Nurse and Guards Arrested
  157. Picketing DOC Due to Staff Shortages
  158. Article: Officer Worked in Facility Where Drugs Vanished (Illinois)
  159. DNA testing in Prisons
  160. Teen Inmate Death Cook County Jail
  161. Action at Joliet Correctional Center
  162. Menard Warden Resigns
  163. 2-year study: Family ties reduce recidivism
  164. Lawmaker Wants To Ban Sale Of Violent Video Games To Minors
  165. Article: Holiday Packages Destroyed In Illinois UPS Blaze
  166. Article:Inmate sues over death of her baby
  167. Article: Ill. state pays for supplies for unbuilt prisons
  168. Visit a Prison Article in Sun Times
  169. It Really Is Christmas - Article
  170. Article: Hunger strike law may help prisons
  171. 42,000 Illinois inmates to be released in '05
  172. Death sentences, executions decline (long)
  173. Addict-inmates find help in rehab program
  174. Article: State to study prison repeats
  175. Mississippi Flood Warning - Menard
  176. Sheridan Success - Article
  177. Blago Pardons Four Illinois Inmates
  178. Blagojevich Pardons 4 Wrongly Convicted
  179. Good Article On Does Idoc Rehabilitate Inmates?
  180. Cook County Jail Beating Settlement
  181. Article: 7-Year-Old Chicago Boy Wrongly Accused of Murder Gets $2 Mln
  182. Article: Jury begins considering released inmate's $20 million lawsuit
  183. Sentencing Guidelines Struck Down
  184. Centralia Warden Ousted
  185. DOC Administrative Code Link-Illinois
  186. Dangerous Criminals Could be Listed on Internet
  187. 7 Stabbed at Cook County Jail Today
  188. Ex-Death Rower wins $6.6 million - Framed by FBI
  189. Article: City Jail gets first federal inmates
  190. Two Illinois Men Exonerated After 15 Years
  191. New DNA Tests End 2 Life Sentences In Illinois
  192. Illinois To Track SO's by Satellite
  193. Governor's State of State Address
  194. Decatur Guard Charged with Sexual Misconduct with Inmates
  195. Jail is Better Than 3-Star Hotel???
  196. Governor's Plan for Sex Offenders
  197. Memo Says Vandalia CC Closing: Governor Says NO
  198. Menard Officer Walked Out
  199. Former Gov. Ryan Speaks on Death Penalty
  200. Doc Budget Released Today
  201. Staff Cuts Proposed
  202. Numbers on Prison Staff Cuts
  203. CO killed by CO over a JOKE!!!
  204. Murderer Gets Four Years Probation
  205. Prison Makes Profit From our Loved Ones
  206. Fire at Jacksonville - inmates evacuated
  207. Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty for Youths Today
  208. Names of Ill. Reps and Senators on Prison Committees????
  209. Another Stateville Guard Convicted
  210. Menard Guard To Stand Trial
  211. Program Keeps Illinois Youth Out of DOC
  212. Ill. House Strikes Out at SO's again
  213. Picket Federal Prison at Marion
  214. Adams County Jail in Violation
  215. Menard Staff Pickets Today
  216. Forced Furloughs for DOC workers
  217. Tough For Paroled Convicts in Illinois
  218. State Hopes to Reduce Recidivism Through New Programs
  219. State to Pay Abuse Victims Housing Costs
  220. Cop charged with growing Pot and 'shrooms
  221. State Pays Private Lawyer $2 Million for One Case
  222. Guards Picket Pontiac Today
  223. Inmate gets 45 years in Murder Attempt at Pontiac
  224. Stateville's New 'Good' Warden Earns Rep
  225. Illinois Inmate Files Civil Rights Suit
  226. Empty Prisons Cost $2 Million Last Year
  227. NYTimes:In Mob Sweep, Feds Hope to Send Up the Clown
  228. Need for Champaign jail library
  229. sheridan's drug treatment program
  230. DOC Needs Money
  231. Prison Workers Unhappy With Staffing
  232. Article:Critics take cautious approach to governor's reform plan
  233. NYTimes:F.B.I. Will Exhume the Body of Emmett Till for an Autopsy
  234. Governor Threatens To Close Prisons
  235. Article: Two 8-Year-Old Girls Found Slain In Chicago Suburb
  236. Article: Police Continue To Question Slain Girl's Father
  237. Article: Police: Curfew Led Dad to Kill
  238. Dad admits killings.
  239. Prison camp inmates run with the spirit
  240. Parks track sex offenders
  241. NYTimes:Police Chief in Milwaukee Fires Eight Over Beating
  242. Police Theories on Rising Crime...
  243. ex-Correctional Officer Gets 60 years
  244. Chicago Tribune:Jury Acquits 7 Guards in Jail Beating
  245. County Jail Quitting Tobacco Cold Turkey
  246. Article-Unusual case tests state law
  247. Menard Guard Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges
  248. Article:Corrections to pay firm $444,000 to study prison efficiency
  249. 2 Ill. jail officers quit, 3 suspended in inquiry
  250. Very Sad News
  251. The wave of the Future-article from IL
  252. IL-McHenry County....
  253. Chicago Tribune: Guards Nabbed in Jail Probe
  254. Chicago Tribune: Record number of ex-cons return to Illinois streets
  255. IL man accused of murder released on DNA evidence
  256. NYTimes:In Illinois, Kicking Drugs (And the Prison Habit)
  257. fund proposed to pay for DNA in child murder cases
  258. Article: Prisons' health-care employees set to strike
  259. Prison Guards at Menard going on Strike?
  260. Cook County Escape this Summer 2005
  261. Article:Decatur Correctional Center inmates add their enthusiasm to Relay for Life
  262. Chester Sun-Times: Pinckneyville Guard Arrested
  263. Chicago Tribune: No all-white juries for Judge
  264. Chicago Tribune: Pardoned Death Row inmate found guilty in drug case
  265. PACT brings prison moms back into children's lives
  266. Speaking of Cell Phones
  267. Prison populations - Incarceration is not an equal opportunity punishment
  268. Dna Lab Botches Many Cases From Chicago Courts
  269. Trying to find....
  270. Correctional Officer is arrested for assaulting a female prisoner
  271. Louisiana Inmates to Illinois
  272. Lost keys cause lockdown
  273. champaigne jail now has library
  274. Menard Post Office
  275. Menard Rumor
  276. Reputed mob boss dies in prison
  277. More Menard Rumors
  278. DOC workers picket Shawnee
  279. New York Times Series on Lifers
  280. Tracking Printer Pages
  281. SO's and Halloween Candy
  282. Menard Guard Acquitted of Drug Charges
  283. Menard and Iowa Escapee
  284. Pittsburgh company beats out Peoria firm that provided health care to prison inmates
  285. Convicted murderer indicted for ’83 Nicarico slaying
  286. Calling All Register Voters
  287. DOC, correction officers argue safety
  288. Inside juvenile prison/County fights ACLU charges of abuse
  289. Cook County Jail hiring lags: report
  290. Killer walks early
  291. Illinois Department of Corrections graduates nineteen new parole agents
  292. Strip-search policy at jail ruled illegal
  293. Christmas Gift Bags???
  294. strip search
  295. Drug addicts find hope in prison
  296. Topinka to end DP moratorium if elected governor
  297. IL congressman introducing law to reduce phone bills
  298. Text of House Bill Regulating Prison Phone Calls
  299. Topinka blasts prison staff cuts
  300. Marion Camp Lockdown
  301. Long-term Prisoner Study
  302. Three Inmates Shot in CCJ
  303. Former Chicago DNA expert probe
  304. ?' s on new bill HB4193
  305. House Joint Resolution 80
  306. Six Escape From Ill. Jail; Three Caught
  307. Assault at Jacksonville Correctional Center
  308. Blagojevich expected to expand prisons staff
  309. Rehabilitation needed not an option
  310. Breaking News...another Ccj Escape
  311. Bill HJR80 - Sucess in the first steps
  312. Teen guilty of killing, dismembering classmate
  313. Hidden Proposed Doc Legislation!!!!!!
  314. Bill Establishing Staff Ratios Passes
  315. Inmate Killed at Big Muddy - Lockdown
  316. Question?
  317. Unemployed Felon With College Degree
  318. Ex-Illinois governor found guilty of corruption
  319. Will the Death Penalty Return to Illinois?
  320. Debt to Society ~ an interactive report
  321. Move to return to 50% sentence time
  322. Dixon Prison Standoff Resolved Peacefully
  323. Five Weddings at Illinois River!
  324. Former Stateville Officer Convicted of Misconduct
  325. Counselors threaten strike at state prison
  326. Hjr 80???
  327. Employees picket at Illinois prisons to protest staffing levels
  328. Weddings at Hill
  329. Prison fights lead to two lockdowns
  330. Coming to Illinois - Anti Death Penalty
  331. Judge rules former Ill. governor must explain motivation for ’03 pardons
  332. menard marriage
  333. Does anyone know about the GEO Group??
  334. Menard lockdown?
  335. Does anyone know of any buses that leave...
  336. MSNBC Investigates -- Lockup: Inside Stateville
  337. Info about corrpupt gang and task force agents in Lake County/Waukegan
  338. State to auction prison construction materials
  339. Does Anyone Know About A Law That Was Past Last Year in Illinois?
  340. Gunman dead, 4 injured in Chicago office
  341. Feds: Man planned to blow up Rockford Illinois's Cherryvale Mall!!
  342. As of Jan 1,2007 its Misdeamnor for Convicted Felons to own dogs deemed vicious
  343. transfer coordinator
  344. Your gonna love this !!! ~~~ OR NOT !!!!
  345. Please check out this article
  346. halfway house time in Il
  347. A Parent in Prison, a Void at Home
  348. Landlords in Springfield area for inmates
  349. Mandatory Supervised Release?
  350. Illinois Work Release Programs
  351. Seeking Boot Camp Information
  352. Remembering 9/11
  353. New to all of this
  354. Police sued by prisoner cleared of rape charge by DNA test
  355. Sentence Reduction...
  356. Change of address after he comes home?
  357. Former inmate accuses guards of raping her
  358. Statesville Closing?
  359. Six charged with murder in Alton woman's death
  360. Flood Warnings For Chester
  361. A 26-Year-Old Secret Could Free Inmate
  362. Pontiac Pontiac facility slated for closure
  363. cops behaving badly
  364. Press Conference 5/25/ for TAMMS Bill
  365. New parolee law passed in May?
  366. Ex Cons....
  367. Illinois inmate charged with 1999 slaying
  368. DNA test clears Illinois inmate
  369. Lake County, Illinois sherrif
  370. Sheriff goes to jail for an education
  371. Question?
  372. More budget cuts....Pontiac Prison Closing.
  373. For the record, felons can vote
  374. Gov. Rod Blagojevich was Arrested!!!
  375. Teen gets 4 years in prison for pizza theft!
  376. Alternatives to Prison -It is the LAW
  377. Inmates stabbed in Cook Co...
  378. Good time change?
  379. 7th circut reverses solitary confinement case
  380. Illinois Prison Inmate's Family wins 13 million settlement.
  381. Released inmate program discussed
  382. New Director Of IDOC
  383. Illinois prison(Tamms) known for 'hard time' getting closer look