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Shannon Heffernan

Posted inJustice

Dying and Disabled Illinois Prisoners Kept Behind Bars

by Carlos Ballesteros, Amy Qin and Shannon Heffernan September 21, 2023September 21, 2023

The Joe Coleman Medical Release Act was expected to have freed hundreds of terminally ill and medically incapacitated prisoners in Illinois by now, but only a few dozen have been released.

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