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Illinois governor signs criminal justice reform bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGEM) Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law a controversial criminal justice reform bill.
House Bill 3653 passed in mid-January and has been on Gov. Pritzker s desk waiting to be signed into law. Some of the major reforms include ending cash bail by 2023, limiting use of force by officers, and mandating body cameras by 2025.
“For far too long, the criminal justice system has focused on over-incarceration policies and ignored crime survivors’ public safety priorities – but today, Gov. Pritzker has set Illinois on a course towards a safer and more equitable future,” said Aswad Thomas, managing director of the Alliance for Safety and Justice’s flagship program, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice. “These reforms are critical to addressing trauma and fostering healthier communities, while focusing on rehabilitative approaches that stop cycles of crime. Gov. Pri
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Tom Hughes, Executive Director of the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA), released the following statement on Monday:
“As leaders of local health departments, we serve on the frontlines of defending the public’s safety. It is our responsibility to not only protect communities from threats to their health, but to also address threats to the safety of people’s lives and wellbeing, which includes those lost or hurt by systemic racism. Today, we fully recognize the fact that racism is a public health crisis, and commend Gov. JB Pritzker for taking steps to end this crisis by signing House Bill 3653 into law and reforming the criminal justice system in Illinois.”
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Bertha Purnell knows firsthand that when a trauma hits, “you might not be in the state of mind to say, ‘I have to do this, this, this and this.’”
Purnell’s youngest son, Maurice, was killed less than a mile from her home in the Austin neighborhood in 2017.
But his mother wasn’t immediately able to apply for get funds from the state’s victim compensation program to help her bury him because he was on parole at the time.
“Look at it like this: You’re at the worst point in your life, and now you’ve got to go borrow money from here, here and there to put your baby away,” Purnell said. “That’s a lot.”
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