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Overcrowding at Illinois Prisons is Costly and Dangerous

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By Patrick Yeagle
Illinois Times | March 4, 2010
In Sangamon County, at least 13 inmates were released early, many serving just a fraction of their sentences. One repeat drunk driver served only a month of his year-long sentence; another inmate serving time for possession of cocaine spent only two weeks behind bars.
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