Lawmaker wants hearing on prison early release plan
By Admin on December 23, 2009
Democratic state Rep. Jack Franks said today he will call a hearing of his House committee on government administration to question Gov. Pat Quinn’s staff and top prison officials over a now-halted plan that had released more than 800 inmates weeks ahead of schedule in a money-saving move.
Quinn last week suspended the program, known as meritorious good time push, amid revelations that some inmates who had committed violent crimes were automatically being awarded time off their sentences.
That resulted in some serving only weeks in the prison system, although many of the inmates also had served time in local county jails prior to their transfer to the state prison system.
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