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Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law

(Capitol News Illinois) - Phillip Merritt's dementia is so advanced he's lost the ability to speak. But with the help of his cellmates at Western Illi. ....

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From Mobility Issues to Alzheimer's and Cancer, Advocates Say Illinois Prisons Are Struggling to Care for an Aging Population | Chicago News

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. ....

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Medical release from prison: Use Illinois law for seriously ill and disabled prisoners

Releasing the terminally ill and seriously disabled, under a 2022 law, would help ease the burden on the state’s disastrous prison health care system. The state needs to provide funding so attorneys can transition prisoners back home, writes Jennifer Soble of the Illinois Prison Project. ....

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Illinois Prison Healthcare Still Abysmal, Getting Worse in Some Areas, Monitor's Report Finds

Four years after a settlement agreement that was meant to compel improvements, the Illinois Department of Corrections is still failing to provide adequate care for the state's oldest and sickest prisoners. ....

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With new state law, convicted cop killer granted early release

Aaron Hyche, who spent more than 45 years behind bars for the murder of Trooper Layton Davis, was released from Dixon Correctional Center on Friday, according to records from the ....

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