Category: Local Issues
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The effect of Coronavirus upon inmates in the IL Dept. of Corrections and county jails
The Coronavirus will potentially devastate IL prisons; its inmates and those in county jail throughout the state. We are compiling information about the Illinois Department of Correction’s response to the virus and county jails compared to the prisons and jails in other US states as well as the Bureau of Federal Prisons. We are also…
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Winnebago County Juvenile Assessment Center soon to be fully operational
It is past due time for staffing of the office. Obviously, it was of no real use without a deputy on duty. “…Monday, the Rockford City Council OK’d a deal to pay the county $75,000 annually to fund the salary and benefits of a sheriff’s deputy who will be stationed noon to 9 p.m. Monday…
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Article: Losing a Son in the New York State Prisons
No one should have to die just because one is sent away to prison. Yet, the story below is not new. Not everyone can withstand the mental and physical pressures of imprisonment especially when they are treated little better than warehoused cattle. We routinely see PETA and other animal rights group advertisements in print…
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Scourge of Private Prisons
https://www.aclu.org/issues/mass-incarceration/privatization-criminal-justice/private-prisons
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Prison treats inmates too harshly – Rockford Register Star
Source: Prison treats inmates too harshly – Rockford Register Star
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John Horton, One case our State’s Attorney, Joe Bruscato, Should Instantly Drop Like a Hot-Potato!
If he is any bit a humanitarian, State’s Attorney, Joe Bruscato should not waste a moment in reviewing and dismissing the prosecution of John Horton, and ending the 23 years of suffering which this man has endured. http://www.rrstar.com/news/20161012/illinois-appellate-court-says-rockford-man-convicted-of-murder-entitled-to-new-trial
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Why Winnebago County, IL can’t get it’s financial house in order…
Chuck Sweeney, local opinion columnist for the Rockford Register-Star newspaper points out the big hole in the way in which the Winnebago County Board operates which keeps it in the red. The Winnebago County Board sets a budget every year, but it apparently lets certain County Departmental heads walk all over the restraints of that budget…
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Rockford to scramble all police radio communication – News – Rockford Register Star – Rockford, IL
By Jeff Kolkey Staff writer Posted Jun. 24, 2016 at 12:14 PM Updated Jun 24, 2016 at 5:37 PM ROCKFORD — Digital scanners tuned to Rockford police channels will fall silent Aug. 1. Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea is ordering all digital radio communications to be transmitted over only encrypted channels starting in August, preventing…
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Protected: Rockford Register-Star article about Richard Wanke’s March 1, 2016 suppression hearing
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Protected: Reflections on the Life, Death, & Times of Greg Lindmark…
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