Thursday, December 15, 2016 02:58 PM
CHICAGO — State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago 13th) joined a number of elected officials at A Safe Haven, a transitional housing facility, for the signing of legislation that ensures a person being released from Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice receives a state identification card. Raoul released the following statement on Senate Bill 3368:
“We are taking a step forward into guiding ex-offenders upon release to successful reintegration by working in a bipartisan fashion to provide them a tool we all commonly use, an identification card.
Driving down recidivism and reducing our prison population will continue to be pressing issues in our state. This is one of many recommendations brought forth by the Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform, which I serve on, that provides aid to those re-entering our society.”
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