A reality check on Illinois prisons
In this Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, corrections officers leave the Pontiac Correctional Center during a shift change in Pontiac, Ill. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Today, we checked in on conditions in Illinois prisons. A longstanding lawsuit aimed at improving mental healthcare was recently dismissed.
GUESTS:
Jennifer Vollen-Katz
Executive Director, the John Howard Association
David E. Olson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Co-Director, Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy and Practice, Loyola University Chicago
Harold Hirshman
Attorney, worked on the Rasho case
Alan Mills
Uptown People’s Law Center