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Belt law will require Medicaid screening for inmates upon being released
Correctional officers, deputies get a victory under new law
Guzmán initiative to create transparency on how contraband enters prisons
Guzmán measure increasing transparency on how contraband enters prisons passes Senate
Pacione-Zayas measure promoting transparency at Department of Corrections advances
Pay-to-stay ban, other Peters laws take effect
Peters champions change to earned sentence credit methods
Peters ends “pay to stay” with new law
Peters to expand on the No Representation Without Population Act
Peters’ recidivism reduction measure clears Senate
Preston bill to provide formerly incarcerated individuals with a pathway to society
Preston’s new law creates more successful reentry pathways for returning residents
Prisons will offer civics education under new Peters law
Rehabilitation classes may reduce required prison time under Lightford plan
Senate approves Fine’s plan to protect the rights of families visiting jailed loved ones
Transparency on how contraband enters prisons to increase thanks to Guzmán
Villanueva advances measure to provide free menstrual products in IDOC facilities
Villanueva: Our criminal justice system does not exist to serve ICE

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