On October 4th Krime and JustUs traveled to Springfield to interview the Illinois Department of Corrections Director Roger E. Walker Jr.

Director Walker and Coach Ron Willis discussing (from the IDOC website) the results of the Governor’s Sheridan National Model Drug Prison & Reentry Program, which aims to be the nation’s largest, fully- dedicated, state-run drug prison and reentry program. As drugs are a leading factor in recidivism rates, this program targets drug-involved offenders for a 6 to 24 month intensive prison-based drug treatment and job preparation program that culminates with a highly supervised community reentry program upon completion of their sentence.
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Additional pictures from the interview are available here.