Early-Release Program ‘Ill Conceived,’ Panel Says
(Chicago Tribune) — A panel commissioned to assess Gov. Pat Quinn’s troubled inmate early-release program found Friday that the administration pursued an “ill-conceived” path that traded protecting public safety for saving $3.4 million.
To fix the problems, the state should overhaul its good-time-credit system to require inmates stay in prison at least 60 days, allow officials to revoke such credit for bad behavior and let crime victims and law enforcement officials object to early releases, the panel recommended.
The report comes nearly eight months after Quinn suspended the controversial program that let 1,745 inmates out of prison an average of 36 days early by speeding up the rate at which they earned good time credit. Some later committed additional crimes.
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