"(A) prisoner does not enter a prison gate destitute of all constitutional rights." --- Jackson v. Hollowell, 714 F. 2d 1372, 13. Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) is a grassroots organization that was founded in Texas in 1972.
It became a national organization in 1985. CURE IL is a nonprofit 501(3) c was formed to promote transparency and best practices to ensure accountability within our justice system. We strive to provide the information and tools necessary to advocate for change by educating the public so that they may advocate for change. CURE IL’s mission to ensure our Justice System be held accountable through a
It became a national organization in 1985. CURE IL is a nonprofit 501(3) c was formed to promote transparency and best practices to ensure accountability within our justice system. We strive to provide the information and tools necessary to advocate for change by educating the public so that they may advocate for change. CURE IL’s mission to ensure our Justice System be held accountable through a
Operating as usual
Great idea
Families of prisoners fear corrections officials will use recently adopted technology to replace in-person interactions even after the pandemic ends.
Illinois has the abilities to solve this problem this problem why aren't we
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Innovative new treatments, including those that incorporate psychedelics; digital therapies that support the brain’s inherent ability to “rewire” itself; and a more patient-centric approach to clinical trials—these are some of the factors opening a new mental health care frontier.
money alone will not solve a shameful situation that, for many decades, has festered rather than be faced, at a cost of incalculable human suffering and a massive misallocation of resources. Without a near-total overhaul of the way things are currently done, we run the risk not only of wasting critical tax dollars, but of wasting a once in a generation opportunity finally to fix our broken behavioral health system.
True reform should begin by treating mental illnesses and substance use disorders as illnesses and not crimes. (7-28-21) Two powerful advocates believe we are at a tipping point. The Biden Administration is directing $2.5 billion in funding for mental health and addiction programs. Calls for reducin...
https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/prisons-and-jails/2021/health-care-illinois-prisons-monitor-report/
What year do our prisons believe they are living 1880?
Serious health issues are going untreated, according to a new report.
Thousands of women are serving life in U.S. prisons. Their history of trauma is often overlooked.
A new study looks at the growing number of women serving life sentences.
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Not getting a vaccine and going in and out of a prison with many people into your town or into your home is not being a socially responsible citizen
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-prisons-are-covid-19-hotspots-so-why-have-only-27-of-workers-taken-the-vaccine/406da0cd-dbe5-4851-a42f-73e2932b9e58
Experts say the low vaccination rate endangers inmates, correctional officers and the communities where staff live.
Illinois is a state that is employee at will which means you don't have to give someone a reason to fire them
I believe that the only way covid got into the prisons in the first place was because the guards and other staff we're not tested every day or even every other and some work even though they had covid otherwise how could it have gotten in the prison?
It is irresponsible and a danger to others to not be vaccinated unless there's a medical or religious reasons and then they should be assigned other jobs than those that put them in contact with people
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-prisons-are-covid-19-hotspots-so-why-have-only-27-of-workers-taken-the-vaccine/406da0cd-dbe5-4851-a42f-73e2932b9e58
Experts say the low vaccination rate endangers inmates, correctional officers and the communities where staff live.
Do you believe if mentally ill prisoners are not treated they will be a danger to society when released?
Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends. This SCP blog by Karen Slade, Psy.D. correspondents with a new article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology titled, “Outcomes of Psychological Therap...
Great article from Pete Earley
The question is not just what he asks, but as of now, without the changes in the law, would she be better off in prison, where most mentally ill land?
(5-3-21) How do you help someone who is addicted, seriously mentally ill and living on the streets in Los Angeles’ Skid Row? Today’s guest blog comes from Dr. Susan Partovi, MD, who has been helping those on skid row streets in Los Angeles for more than 17 years and is the Medical Director for H...
When are we going to believe the science that supports this theory
The petitioner has contended that he has been regularly paying the premium for a sum assured of ₹ 35 lakh, but when he claimed the insurance amount for his treament, he came to know that in case of a mental illness the sum assured is restricted to ₹ 50,000.
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Let’s get to 3732 signatures by the end of today - can you add yours?
I have been on both sides, and before pandemic was asked and had a confirmation from the warden at Logan to bring books for the library.
I am not young and suffer from a broken lower back and spinal fusion, so crying is hard. when I arrived at the check-in desk and put bools on the table, the officer threw me out, saying the way I put bools down was threatening.
I needed to take nitrate because I was so upset.
This is wrong.
Many guards love to bully, not much different from school playgrounds.
I think they all need an etiquette class.
send this
https://restorejusticeillinois.org/legislation/sb1976/?mc_cid=1a4b653728&mc_eid=35687682a7
Family members visiting incarcerated loved ones have little to no redress when they are denied access or treated unfairly.
“About 20% of the people in American jails and about 15% of people in prisons have severe mental illnesses,” Montross said. “And when I say that, I mean schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression. It adds up to about 350,000 people who are incarcerated in America.”
Butler Psychiatrist: Prison wrong place for people living with mental illness
Let's get this bill out of committee and on the floor
Anthony Gay was arrested in 1994 for getting in a fight. Then a fight with another inmate would snowball into 22 years of solitary confinement.
Hear my voice is the mantra for all the disenfranchised
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always shocked when I see how little has changed in many of these facilities when it comes to housing the mentally ill, the fastest growing segment of our prison populations
FROM MY FILES FRIDAY: I was in my early 20s, the first time I visited a prison and saw how inmates with mental illnesses were being treated. I wrote an expose for The Tulsa (Okla.) Tribune, that sadly has since closed. In this blog first posted in May 2010, I recalled the reaction my exposeClick ...
Good riddance to all of them, we tell ourselves, regardless of their crime and punishment. Who cares about convicted criminals getting what they deserve, right?
Should we care more about the crime or the criminal? Punishment or rehabilitation? For me, it comes down to such broader themes, balancing the abstract with the concrete, and weighing personal lives versus the public good.
Illinois is burning books in the prisons and jails
Call your legislators
As long as there have been books, people have burned them—but over the years, the motivation has changed
not just New Jersey but Illinois and others
When will we react to humane treatment in our own backyards?
When will the state listen or care
Angered by abuse at women's prison and DOC's failure to hammer out reform plan with DOJ, Dem lawmakers call for public advocate
These are among the many reasons that Miller has concluded that:
"...the problem of mass incarceration is really a problem of citizenship. This is because citizenship isn't just about whether or not someone has a set of legal rights. Citizenship is something each of us practices in everyday life. It is made through everyday exchanges and people at every level, because citizenship is about belonging."
To say that this nation's criminal justice system is deeply flawed is to flirt with understatement. Everything from the oversurveillance of Black and
who said crime doesn't pay!
The Greene Space, the non-profit advocacy group Worth Rises, have launched a new series about the business side of the prison industry, everything from prison labor to companies who contract with prisons to provide health care, food and other services. Who profits when people get put away?
The mayor has promised to close Rikers Island and build more humane jails in its place. What does that look like?
all except Illinois
Compassionate release (PDF), also called medical or geriatric parole, grants early release for the elderly, those facing imminent death, and those in prison with debilitating medical conditions or serious sicknesses. The federal government, DC, and 49 states have distinct compassionate release programs, each with their own unique application, process, and eligibility requirements.
Expanding compassionate release could help prisons reduce deaths from COVID-19.
If New Orleans, not known for its compassionate prison system can do this why can't we?
Convicted robber might be first of many to benefit from new DA's review of long sentences
I hope more jails and prisons will adopt this practice for funerals and family contacts, not to replace visits but to supplement them
Families of prisoners fear corrections officials will use recently adopted technology to replace in-person interactions even after the pandemic ends.
we should all read this by Pete Early
http://www.peteearley.com/2021/01/22/washington-post-podcast-contains-oregon-mans-pleas-with-police-during-mental-health-crisis-before-hes-fatally-shot/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+peteearley+%28The+Official+Blog+of+Author+Pete+Earley%29
(1-22-21) Kimberly Kenny wrote a powerful blog last July for me describing how Springfield, Oregon police officers chased and fatally shot her brother during a mental health crisis. Shockingly, the four officers involved had undergone Crisis Intervention Team training. The Kenny family received a $4...
People locked inside prisons rely on grievances to complain if their needs, from health care to sanitation to safety, are unmet. The complaints are among their few means of recourse. But in Illinois, that system is sputtering, with little oversight, leaving prisoners vulnerable to harm, an investigation by WBEZ and ProPublica has found.
The state has paid millions to settle the claims of inmates, some of whom raised concerns early through grievances, only to later suffer serious injuries when authorities denied complaints or failed to act.
Prisoners rely on the so-called grievance system to report dangerous conditions, including abuse. In Illinois, the system is broken.
Mental Health And The Criminal Justice System
Each year in the United States, 1.2 million people who are living with mental illness end up in jail and prison. The number of those afflicted is so large that the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that as of 2017, a whopping 64 percent of inmates have mental health problems.
magellantv.com/articles/mental-health-behind-bars-treatment-and-rehabilitation-in-the-criminal-justice-systemm
Please read
There are vast, systemic problems at play, and our response must be commensurate.
Prisons in Norway: Inside a Norwegian Jail
An introduction to the Norwegian-style prison system, which is known around the world for its focus on rehabilitation and low reoffending rates.
Gov. Pritzker Proposes Principles to Build a More Equitable Criminal Justice System | RiverBender.com
CHICAGO Governor JB Pritzker today proposed seven guiding principles that will be foundational in the administration’s plans to take action, in partnershi
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Treatment and the Justice System: Preventing Problems and Ensuring Recovery According to a study by the Bureau of Justice, 32 percent of inmates at the State level and 26 percent of those at the Federal level reported they were using alcohol or drugs at the time of their offense. Reducing substance abuse not only helps to break the cycle of recidivism but can help prevent individuals from entering the justice system in the first place. This program will showcase how treatment and recovery services both within and outside the justice system transform lives, create safer communities, and serve as an effective crime prevention tool. http://www.recoverymonth.gov/Resources-Catalog/2009/Radio-Cast/Treatment-and-the-Justice-System.aspx
CURE IL is a nonprofit 501(3) c was formed to promote transparency and best practices to ensure accountability within our justice system. We strive to provide the information and tools necessary to advocate for change by educating the public so that they may advocate for change.
(A) the prisoner does not enter the prison gate destitute of all constitutional rights. — Jackson v. Hollowell, 714 F. 2d 1372, 1383 (5th Circuit, 1983)
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