More than half of IDOC inmates serving a life sentence are 55 or older. Caring for an aging prison population is a costly endeavor, advocates say, and the health care elderly prisoners do receive often falls short. That’s why some are calling for a new parole system.
In 1978, Illinois shifted from an indeterminate to a determinate sentencing system effectively eliminating parole as most people are familiar with it. Now some advocates are calling for changes to allow inmates over 55 the chance to be paroled.
A Chicago police supervisor who was disciplined for his role in the department’s shoddy handling of the reinvestigation into the 2004 death of David Koschman — who was punched by
A Chicago police supervisor who was disciplined for his role in the department’s shoddy handling of the reinvestigation into the 2004 death of David Koschman who was punched by a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley was recently promoted to lieutenant, officials said Friday night.