WATCH: DAY IN & DAY OUT — As Illinois spends $900 million on new prisons, people coming home invest in art instead

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Original Load Date March 26, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Last Updated March 26, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Original URL https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/watch-day-in-day-out-as-illinois-spends-900-million-on-new-prisons-people-coming-home-invest-in-art-instead/

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**By Morgan Norris** _Medill Reports_ Henry Broomfield spent 26 years inside Stateville Correctional Center , where , according to the John Howard Association, inmates lived with hazardous water and falling ceilings. Now free, he and others are turning to art to rebuild their lives , ...