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IPP staff, clients, and loved ones have been struggling with delays in paper mail -- including confidential legal mail -- reaching people incarcerated in Illinois prisons. Many incarcerated people depend on mail as a way to stay connected with their families and communities, and report getting birthday and holiday cards, family photos, and personal letters weeks and even months after they are sent.

IPP client Marseilles Redmond’s sentence was reduced by 3.5 years. Marseilles was resentenced pursuant to an Illinois law that allows survivors of gender-based violence to petition for a sentence reduction if their experiences of abuse were not fully considered at the time of their initial sentencing.

IPP client Ronnie Carrasquillo was sentenced to die in prison. Then, after 47 years of incarceration, his life was in the hands of a parole board. "In Their Hands" is the story of Ronnie's fight for freedom.

IPP client and Ambassador Ronnie Carrasquillo was sentenced to die in prison. Then, after 47 years of incarceration, his life was in the hands of a parole board whose decisions are swayed by shifting political sands and the police union. The new documentary "In Their Hands" tells the story of Ronnie's fight for freedom.

IPP Ambassador Stanley John Howard shares a letter he wrote to his younger self the day before he was freed from incarceration. Stanley John survived police torture, and conviction for a crime he did not commit. He spent 39 years in prison, including many years of solitary confinement.

IPP's Policy and Communications Director Marshan Allen explains why allowing those incarcerated in prisons to vote aids in a successful return to their communities.