Advocates Push to Expand Earned Sentence Credits

Source Chicago Reporter
Original Load Date March 5, 2026, 2 p.m.
Last Updated March 5, 2026, 2 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagoreporter.com/advocates-push-to-expand-earned-sentence-credits/

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## Expanding earned credits could improve rehabilitation, reduce overcrowding, and support correctional staff wellness. When Ray Guerica received his “out date,” an estimated date when his prison sentence would end, he was in his mid-twenties and had already spent nearly five years in jail waiting...