In the News

‘If the culture doesn’t change, it’s going to remain the same’: Why are we building prisons—and for whom?

IPP’s Director of Policy and Communications, Marshan Allen and Director of Education, Renaldo Hudson are featured in a Chicago Reader article on the impending closure of two Illinois prisons. “The idea that you’re going to change this physical structure and that’s going to wipe away all the pain and suffering that people are experiencing in prison, that’s just not going to happen.”

Gage Park auto body shop aims to give those with criminal records a second chance

IPP Ambassador Rogelio Richart is growing his family business & providing jobs to other formerly incarcerated people. IPP Community Navigator Vincent Boggan says we must prepare incarcerated people for successful lives in the community.

Poor record keeping in Illinois prisons keeping people behind bars

IPP Legal Director Candace Chambliss talks about client Andrew Suh and problems implementing a new law that provides sentencing credit for education, work, and other activities.

A woman who says she shot and killed abuser seeks early release after unfavorable IL Supreme Court decision

Due to a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling, IPP client Marseilles Redmond – an incarcerated domestic violence survivor – was prevented from seeking resentencing since she had pled guilty in her original case.

Black Sexual Violence Survivors Are Telling Their Stories — Only to Be Punished

Despite #MeToo, the criminal legal system remains skeptical when survivors, particularly Black women, defend themselves.

Ex-Felons Are Working To Get Out The Vote Among Former Illinois Inmates

Ex-Felons Are Working To Get Out The Vote Among Former Illinois Inmates