Jonah Newman: This story shows how pernicious the politics of prisons are. The best background on this is Shannon Heffernan’s season of WBEZ’s ‘Motive’: www.wbez.org/motive/2022/...

This story shows how pernicious the politics of prisons are. The best background on this is Shannon Heffernan’s season of WBEZ’s ‘Motive’: www.wbez.org/motive/2022/...

An anticipated advisory vote over closing and rebuilding two Illinois prisons did not happen Friday, as a quorum was not met. Those who did show up said Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration lacked robust plans, calling the proposals “far from shovel-ready" news.wttw.com/2024/06/14/a...

Advisory Board Says Pritzker’s Plan to Close, Rebuild 2 Illinoisnews.wttw.com Hundreds gathered at hearings this week to voice concerns over Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration’s plans to close and rebuild Logan and Stateville correctional centers. At a Friday meeting, one stat...

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Pretty much whenever I want to understand prisons in this state, I start with Shannon’s work

Reading that story, it’s wild how little has changed.

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