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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, One of the goals of the Illinois correctional
3 system is to provide rehabilitation to prisoners so that after
4 their release from prison they have the training, education,
5 and proper supervision to lead productive lives without further
6 committing criminal offenses; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Corrections provides
8 transition services for prisoners upon their release; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The Department's transition program has not
10 substantially reduced the recidivism rate; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Although, the Operation Spotlight Parole Reform
12 Initiative of the Illinois Department of Corrections has
13 resulted in placing more than 100 new parole agents in
14 communities and more than doubling contacts with parolees in
15 many communities, more needs to be done to help prisoners
16 readjust to society; and
 
17     WHEREAS, An improved transition program could greatly
18 reduce the recidivism rate among the Illinois prison
19 population; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 we urge the Illinois Department of Corrections to improve its
23 transition programs for prisoners so as to provide them with
24 adequate skills, education, and supervision that would prevent
25 their return to crime and eventual reincarceration; and be it
26 further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
28 the Director of Corrections.