For people interested in joining the movement – those of you with family/friends who are locked up serving an absurd amount of time, or for those just tired of paying high taxes in order to pay for the housing of prisoners across the State of Illinois. I’m leaving the contact information to some Illinois State Senators and Representatives who you can contact to express your concern on wanting to support prison reform across the state. The only way for reform to happen is through massive public support: massive phone calls, emails, and handwritten letters to these State Senators and Representatives. Without them hearing from you, your family members, friends & neighbors, they’ll never act on passing the bills that need to be passed. We all have a voice and we need to use it. If you don’t know what to say, here’s some facts to think about. The enactment of Illinois’ Truth-In-Sentencing law alone added well over a quarter of a billion dollars per year in additional costs to the state, which is partly responsible for the need to lay off teachers because we can no longer afford to pay them. That’s 250 million dollars per year that could be spent on police accountability, teachers, fire fighters, social workers salaries, cleaning up your neighborhoods, fixing our dilapidated infrastructure, after school programs and more. Instead we’re wasting millions of dollars every year to keep elderly men and women warehoused in overcrowded prisons that can no longer afford to pay for the extensive medical needs, or to adequately feed them let alone “rehabilitate” them. Any yet we keep them locked away long after they’ve outgrown their criminal ways. I’m going to leave you with a website that can show you the financial strains these prisons are putting on you and the State of Illinois. I’m also leaving a site that can help you find out exactly who your district’s State Senators & Representatives are so that you can begin contacting them ASAP.
Another serious issue to consider are the innocent who’ve been convicted via corrupt police work… I’ll leave the Innocent Demand Justice site here as well.
For everyone supporting us, we deeply appreciate you & your effort, and for everyone in the struggle – continue to stay strong and trust that change is going to come.
In Strength, Miguel
Websites: www.ilga.gov
Contact Information For Members Of The Illinois Senate And House Of Representatives
Senator Patricia VanPelt
1016 W. Jackson St
Chicago IL 60607
(312) 888-9191
President of the Senate
Senator John J. Cullerton
1726 W. Belmont
Chicago IL 60657
(773) 883-0770
Representative Esther Golar
4926 S. Ashland
Chicago IL 60609
(773) 925-6580
Representative Michael J. Madigan
6500 S. Pulaski
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 581-8000
Senator John Mulroe
6107 B N Northwest Hwy
Chicago IL 60631
(773) 763-3810
Senator Dan Kotowski
350 S Northwest Hwy Ste 300
Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 656-5416
Senator Michael Connelly
1725 S Naperville Rd Ste 200
Wheaton IL 60189
(630) 682-8101
Senator Tim Bivins
629 N Galena Ave
Dixon Il 61021
(815) 284-0045
Senator Bill Cunningham
10400 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-8128
Senator Kwame Raoul
1509 E 53rd St 2nd Flr
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 363-1996
Representative Jim Sacia
50 W Douglas St
Stewart Center Ste 1001
Freeport IL 61032
(815) 232-0774
Representative Sara Feigenholtz
1051 W Belmont
Chicago IL 60657
(773) 296-4141
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