Comments on: IDOC announces changes to Meritorious Good Time program

By: john molina

john molina — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:55:16 +0000

john Molina I’ve been incarcerated almost 1year an its been hell I’m at a work realize program that wants to close us down because i.d.o.c dont want to pay money to keep us in a program that has been helping us out for that better of are self-es an so we wont come back to prison this location is 3210w.Arthington so we need help to convinces Quinn to approve that early realize or something so we dont have to go back to prison

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:30:50 +0000

A close friend of mine went in today. He is serving 90 days with the day-in day-out credit, so all-in-all about 44 days (credit from the night spent after his arrest). However, many of the inmates are asking him if he knows if anything has been done with the Good Time laws. I am not too familiar with this so if someone could fill me in so I can pass it on to him and some of the others I would greatly appreciate it (as would they)!

By: addrin turner

addrin turner — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:52:09 +0000

Please bring the good time back. My husband and i are about to have our first child and it hurts so much that he will miss the BIGGEST event in our lives. they already denied his work release. The baby is due on march 13, 2012 and he is not scheduled for release until june 23rd. Only GOD can help this situation and you all. Please look into your hearts when making this decision. It effects thousands everyday!!

By: Mrs J

Mrs J — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:10:52 +0000

I think the 6 months good time should come back cause me and my family really miss my husband and really need him home with us.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:23:56 +0000

That is just wrong, he is a hero. Sorry for your sorrow. Always stand by your man. If that man that raped your daughter is still alive he should feel lucky.

By: lindel

lindel — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:27:53 +0000

How bout a father getting 5 years for protecting his daughter from the man that raped her!!

By: priscilla r

priscilla r — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:52:37 +0000

By: pillowfiends

pillowfiends — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:25:50 +0000

Yeah, there are no good time credits being awarded now to any inmates. The only ones getting out earlier due to good time credits are those who were approved for it before it was suspended in 12/09. No one else is being considered for good time credit eligibility now, no matter how minor their crimes are or how good their behavior. Otherwise, Inmates are still getting day-for-day credit off their sentences, which mostly cuts their sentences in half. The only other additional time off credits still being given are time off for educational schooling or for participation in drug programs. No, it should not be taking this long to review or fix a problem.

By: CB

CB — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:16:38 +0000

Ok so I’m confused,…is there no good time at all? Or is it after 61 days they can be evaluated for it? Someone please set me straight. And Mrs. B, you’ve got to be a bisch….Just because your husband committed a crime now you’re bitter about it. Should inmates serve their time? OF COURSE, but from every person I know they get wayyyyy too long for minor crimes. And people wonder why the state is broke, because tax-payers are paying to keep inmates in prison for much longer than need be. Should they give it to anyone? NO, i do agree they should be evaluated, but they need to get it back like ASAP. Its been almost 2 years since they have past the bill. Does it really take that long to review? I believe someone is not doing their job. They do not care so they are just saying they are checking it over. Next election, Mr. Quinn is definitely not getting my vote.

By: pillowfiends

pillowfiends — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:31:31 +0000

Gotta say, you seem to see “alleged criminal behavior” from a pretty strict, either black-or-white manner. Just curious how you reconcile your husband’s use of a knife with your convictions? Does it not all come down in your situation to the question, “Is he a good person, or not? And if so, what role does the forethought of his having taken a knife with him play?

MGT was always discretionary with IL Corrections; inmates never controlled who got it and who didn’t or how strict the eligibility criteria was at any given time. Corrections determined that and inmates just tried to behave in the manner they thought might make them eligible for it. Most inmates now recognize that it was never an entitlement.

This country is on an anti-criminal crusade now, and there are a lot of laws being passed which people are unaware of that criminalize behavior that is done innocently, without a criminal motivation or else unknowingly. These are poorly written laws passed in the heat of the moment, but they end up penalizing people who don’t even know they might be subject to them. IL would like to send one of the people this blog is about to prison for 3 years because she fell behind in her job. Her alleged “crime” was certainly “non-violent; was it victim-less? If not, then the state of IL has a lot of “victims” they are directly responsible for. The other person this blog is about allegedly did not use a knife or a gun, and any alleged theft was from a vacant room.

It does not matter about the perspective. If you end up in prison, you will take responsibility for your actions one way or the other. More to be concerned about is the families of those imprisoned who get lied to along with the inmate. They too learn too late what hardships may be coming to them. There is no compassionate reason for the state to keep inmates housed in increasingly inhumane conditions without being upfront to them and their families about how long it will be and what relief, if any, will be coming to them.