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Several proposed changes to criminal justice system have stalled

Illinois legislators this week approved a bill to restructure an oversight board in charge of distributing state money to courts that provide prison alternatives, while other criminal justice measures introduced

Prisoners at Oregon’s only women’s prison say they face retaliation for complaining about sexual misconduct, pay exorbitant fees to call their children and are forced to wear ill-fitting bras because

The new Reclamation Center in the Pilsen neighborhood offers help to women who have been in the criminal justice system at some point in their lives.

Report calls for reducing number of incarcerated women in Illinois and more support for those bettering themselves Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune © Erin Hooley/TNS Sandra Brown sits with her typewriter "Bessie" in her room on April 22, 2021, at the Fox Valley Adult Transitional Center in Aurora. She's getting ready to leave prison after serving two decades for murder. She s earned a bachelor s and a master s degree, all behind prison walls, mostly on a typewriter. For more than a decade, Sandra Brown worked one class at a time, handwriting or typing her papers and assignmen...