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Illinois Facing Prison Crisis
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1992, page 9
The Illinois prison system is rapidly becoming one of the nations most severely overcrowded, and the states prisons are becoming increasingly dangerous places for both inmates and staff, according to a task force established by Gov. Jim Edgar. The crowding could reach a crisis level as early as next April, …
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