This research brief updates and expands the Center’s prior research to examine trends and patterns in prison sentencing and time served for illegal gun possession in Illinois.| Loyola University of Chicago Center for Criminal Justice
The Center collaborated with the Illinois Department of Corrections’ Planning and Research Unit to examine the number, characteristics, and circumstances of individuals on Mandatory Supervised Release (MSR, or “parole”) who violated conditions of their release and were returned to prison (i.e., “technical violators”).| Loyola University of Chicago Center for Criminal Justice