Press Release: Heartland Alliance : Heartland Alliance Report Reveals Barriers Keeping Millions Of People From Re-Establishing Their Lives And Building A Promising Future

Data released today as part of a first-of-a-kind study confirms that more than 3.3 million people in Illinois could be impacted by permanent punishments as a result of criminal legal system involvement given the well-documented inequities that bring into question whether the system actually brings justice to people who come into contact with it. "Never Fully Free: The Scale and Impact of Permanent Punishments on People with Criminal Records in Illinois" illustrates the dramatic number of people who may be living with the stigma and limitations of a criminal record in Illinois. Since the advent of mass incarceration in 1979, there are an estimated 3.3 million adults who have been arrested or convicted of a crime in Illinois. Under current laws, these individuals have limited rights even after their criminal legal system involvement has ended. In fact, the report uncovered a vast web of 1,189 laws in Illinois that punish people with criminal records, often indefinitely.(PRWeb June 29, 2020)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/heartland_alliance_report_reveals_barriers_keeping_millions_of_people_from_re_establishing_their_lives_and_building_a_promising_future/prweb17223606.htm