Echevarria was a Chicago high school student when police arrested him in a 1999 fatal shooting he insists he did not commit. The surge has continued, leading to sickness and death that advocates say was avoidable. CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A day after the state announced one Illinois prison inmate had died of COVID-19 and that more inmates and staff had tested positive for the coronavirus, a legal services group is renewing its call for thousands of inmates to be released. In the decades that followed, he tried to improve himself in prison, his lawyer said, working as a barber, a teacher and paralegal. Their complaints echo a survey conducted in April and early May by the John Howard Association, a prison watchdog group. State Sen. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, urged his colleagues on the Senate Executive Committee Wednesday to pass the bill so legislators have vehicles for that potential compromise, but warned that he wouldnt let those negotiations stand in the way of the city getting an elected school board. She described a frantic several days just calling everybody at the prison, back and forth, in circles, basically. Relatives also called a nearby hospital, she said, but inmates at the hospital are listed as John Does, which added to the initial confusion. WebGovernors in at least 11 states have issued executive orders that block new transfers into state prisons, allow early release for some prisoners, or both. Health officials announced Monday the death of a Stateville Correctional Center inmate from COVID-19, the first confirmed death from the disease at an Illinois state prison. The board also makes recommendations for clemency petitions to the Governor. That tragedy was preventable.. Denice Bronis said her son, Matthew Echevarria, tested positive around Labor Day at Menard Correctional Center. To provide dignity for all Illinois residents in their final days, HB 3665 allows for the discretionary early release of those who are medically incapacitated or terminally ill and serving time in an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) facility. The Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council estimated that the recidivism rate would cost taxpayers $13 billion over five years if nothing is done to decrease it. Arkee Chaney shows a painting he made about a childhood memory of his father, at his home in Westchester on Dec. 4, 2020. Members of End Illinois Prison Lockdown Coalition rally as they call out Gov. A 13th Stateville inmate died in August. Prisons and their surrounding communities would be safer. WebThe Illinois Department of Corrections is a multicultural agency deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion. UPLCcollaborated on a policy paperwith the Chicago Community Bond Fund, Equip for Equality, First Defense Legal Aid, Teamwork Englewood, Warehouse Workers for Justice, and Westside Justice Centerto advocate for Illinois prisoners to receive COVID-19 vaccines. He said the department has responded aggressively to a challenging public health crisis that has yet to yield. Some say they should be vaccinated with the same urgency as others in congregate settings, such as nursing homes. Dr. John Raba, the court-appointed monitor in a federal consent decree case regarding inmate health care, began pushing in August for the testing of all staff. He said, Ill be with you. . Denice Bronis gets emotional while discussing her fears about her son's health at her home in East Dundee, Dec. 4, 2020. Civil rights lawyers filed a federal suit in April 2020 arguing the risk of spreading COVID-19 in prisons poses catastrophic consequences for prisoners, staff and the communities and hospitals that serve them. This is another step toward the world, the Illinois, our families deserve. At Stateville, all but three who died were serving life sentences for murder. Mason said he spent the decades reading novels, writing to his family and mentoring young inmates. INSTEAD, THERE IS A FIXED RELEASE DATE, ASSUMING GOOD TIME IS SERVED, SET BY LAW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRISON TERM. Early in the pandemic, Pritzker signed an executive order that temporarily stopped the transfers, but they resumed in early August after the Illinois Sheriffs Association filed a lawsuit challenging the order. Dr. Stewart's video is addressed specifically to members of the Rasho class-action suit and their loved ones. The law took effect January 1, 2022. An early release law is a state criminal law that allows a prisoner to be released before the end of their prison term. The union instead proposed that it will continue to educate staff, in the hope that more staff will agree to vaccinate voluntarily. The tragedy is the number of people who have become sick and died. On April 22, 2020, Chicago area civil rights groups came together to write a letter of support for the actions of Illinois Governor Pritzker. The epicenter of IDOC outbreaks in the first wave was at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, where 12 prisoners died in 4 weeks. Linda Savage, 64, a nurse at Vienna Correctional Center in downstate Vienna, died Nov. 6, 2020, of complications related to COVID-19. At least 153 inmates and 147 staffers in Illinois state prisons are currently diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Additionally, the Corrections Department will give credit for good behavior to prisoners within nine months of their release date. The roundhouse remains in use today. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. I could hear it in his voice, that he was close, said Susan Hertzberg, as quoted in a petition her lawyer filed with the state seeking early release. The issue of early releases is a Catch-22 for Gov. Activists, inmates and family members discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Illinois jails and prisons, How Gov. In letters and interviews, men inside the facility describe conditions they say are continuing to drive infections at the Illinois prison hardest hit by coronavirus. Roger Hertzberg, 76, died Sept. 24, 2020, at Robinson Correctional Center of COVID-19 complications while undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. "I watched helplessly as my father died a lonely death behind bars," said Joe Coleman, Jr. "I thank the Governor and the General Assembly for ensuring no other family has to experience that despair, and for doing so in the honor of my father. << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1028 >> SPRINGFIELD The right of Illinois workers to organize and to bargain collectively could soon be codified into the states constitution, and the terminally ill could soon secure early release from prison more quickly under measures that passed through the General Assembly Wednesday. ESSENTIALLY, ONLY INFORMATION ON PRISONERS RELEASED IN THE 1970'S IS AVAILABLE IN ANY DETAIL. Already approved by the state Senate, it will go before voters, appearing on Illinois ballot in 2022. Governor Juliana Stratton. A group of civil rights attorneys initiated a united legal challenge Thursday against Gov. ", "With a shift to evidence-based programming and the utilization of early release mechanisms for our most vulnerable population, I am pleased this legislation will further reduce the prison population and recidivism rate," said IDOC Director Rob Jeffreys. Once you enshrine this at the constitutional level, any change is going to be very difficult to reverse, Mazzochi said. COVID-19 cases are ticking back upward across Chicago and the rest of Illinois even as vaccine supply improves, the top doctors from the city and state warned Tuesday. As efforts continue to slow the spread of COVID-19 at Cook County Jail by reducing the inmate population, Gov. The Illinois legislature has provided IDOC with significant discretion to release people, and it should continue to do so, Bedi said. Some politicians question states priorities. They dont they didnt get that opportunity.. In emailed responses to Tribune questions, Ryburn said he was not tested after Bourbon died but he did not get sick. The settlement arises out of the lawsuit filed last April on behalf of medically vulnerable and elderly prisoners, by a group of public interest lawyers, including attorneys from Equip for Equality, Loevy & Loevy law firm, the Uptown People's Law Center, and the Illinois Prison Project. As a result of this settlement, prison officials will finally begin to address this issue.. The latest surge has far exceeded any previous peaks inside the Illinois Department of Corrections since the start of the pandemic. There have been 87 Illinois prisoner deaths due to COVID, according to the Marshall Project's database. Official websites use .gov Medical furloughs, which Gov. The most recent numbers provided by IDOC show that 87 prisoners and one staff member have died of COVID-19-related causes since the beginning of the pandemic. Releasing inmates "requires a process that gives close attention to detail, for the safety of each inmate, his or her family, and the community at large demands a sensible and individualized release plan -- especially during a pandemic," the opinion continued. Op-ed: The vaccine showdown no one is talking about: An Illinois mandate vs. the state's prison staffs. He has been living with Bill Ryan, a longtime criminal justice advocate and death penalty abolitionist, since his release. More than 1,000 prisoners in Illinois are set to be released after a lawsuit settlement aimed at protecting medically vulnerable prisoners from COVID-19. The move was criticized by some advocates of prisoners rights because of its deteriorated state, but state officials said repairs were made and public health officials inspected it. As COVID-19 vaccination distribution has expanded across the country, incarcerated people remain one of the populations that is both most vulnerable to COVID-19 and most distrustful of medical care, according to several legal advocacy organizations. The Illinois Department of Corrections and Gov. (WBEZ has agreed to not identify the prisoner by his real name. Additionally, the Corrections Department will give credit for good behavior to prisoners within nine months of their release date. PNx SgXBN_]W*o!'13! ". % It was tough., Down to Business: Helping children learn to communicate empowers whole family, speech-language pathologist says, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. March 23, 2021. ", "Joe Coleman, a decorated Vietnam veteran, died of cancer awaiting clemency on a 1981 case where no one was hurt, without the opportunity to say goodbye to his family from his deathbed," said State Senator John Connor (D-Crest Hill). "By signing the Joe Coleman Medical Release Act into law, it's my intention to honor Joe Coleman's legacy as a father, as a veteran, as a man who spent his days raising funds for charity from behind bars," said Governor JB Pritzker. The releases follow an April 20 directive from Gov. Currently, 57 inmates and 90 employees have tested positive for COVID-19, the records show. Matthew Echevarria's photos are displayed at his mother's home in East Dundee on Dec. 4, 2020. The increased testing in recent weeks helped drive the most recent jump in positive case numbers, Jeffreys said. The one prison worker known to have died of the disease was Linda Savage, a 64-year-old nurse at Vienna Correctional Center. Isolated in solitary confinement as the pandemic swept through Illinois prisons, inmates diagnosed with mental illness are beyond the breaking point, setting fire to their cells and harming themselves after more than a year without adequate mental health care. More than 1,000 prisoners in Illinois are set to be released after a lawsuit settlement aimed at protecting medically vulnerable prisoners from COVID-19. Echevarria is incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center. Suburban Crime ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM REPORTS ON INDIVIDUALS IS GOVERNED BY ILLINOIS STATUTE, AS IS ACCESS TO SUPERVISION FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. J.B. Pritzker expanded under an executive order last year, are defined as a "temporary leave of absence from secure custody for limited medical purposes for offenders who, because of a medical condition, are determined to be either of limited physical mobility or terminally ill.". But until now, they have not used these tools, Mills said in a statement. Chaney, who was granted a sentence commutation by Gov. The demands include early release of: prisoners due to be paroled within 120 days; those with viable clemency petitions; those who are pregnant, postpartum, or living with their infants; and those who have health conditions, including the elderly. She said prison officials did not notify her or Wilsons wife that he was hospitalized until the family made repeated phone calls. A USER'S GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, AND AVAILABILITY OF ADULT PAROLE AND SUPERVISED RELEASE DATA FOR ILLINOIS INMATES IS PRESENTED. To see charts broken down by prison. The latest IDOC data shows 82 prison staff and 45 prisoners are currently positive for COVID-19, and a total of 4,177 staff and 10,768 prisoners have tested The Illinois Department of Corrections will identify medically vulnerable and elderly prisoners eligible for early release or electronic home monitoring. At about 100 pounds and in poor health, 78-year-old Susan Hertzberg hardly poses a threat to public safety, her lawyer said. Staffers are expected to be prioritized with those in the health care field and other first responders. To stay up-to-date on our work,subscribe to our newsletter. But prisons are among the hardest places to protect. "Thanks to the many advocates and General Assembly sponsors Senator John Connor and Representative Will Guzzardi, more families will get to say goodbye to their loved ones the way we all hope to get to when the time comes: together. J.B. Pritzker, which claimed they werent doing enough to protect against COVID-19. A bill that would create an elected school board in Chicago advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday on an 11 to 6 vote, clearing the way for that legislation to pass through the full chamber. Currently, the Prisoner Review Board (PRB) determines conditions of parole and notifies victims and families when an inmate will be released from custody. Im tending to believe they did nothing but left him on the floor, she said, because he went straight from his cell to a hospital.. (Youngrae Kim / Chicago Tribune), Arkee Chaney, 76, is an artist whose life sentence was commuted to time served in June after 31 years imprisonment for armed robbery. J.B. Pritzker and Rob Jeffreys, director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, as defendants. An amended lawsuit filed against Rob Jeffreys, director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, and Gov. The releases are set to resume soon. State Rep. Marcus Evans, Jr., D-Chicago, celebrates passage of a ballot question for a constitutional amendment protecting the right to unionize on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives Wednesday. THE MICROFILM UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING MICROFILM RECORDS OF ALL MASTER FILES AND PRISONER REVIEW BOARD DECISIONS. Jeffreys said the outbreak mitigation program is in place at nine prisons, with several more planned. WebThe Illinois Department of Corrections will identify medically vulnerable and elderly prisoners eligible for early release or electronic home monitoring. But more than 30% of those still locked up have a projected mandatory supervised release date before Jan. 1, 2022, meaning they are due to be set free in a year or less anyway, state data shows. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune). May 12, 2020: Arkansas state officials announced that 300 inmates had been released from state prisons, and the states Board of Corrections have made over 1,200 inmates eligible for parole since April. There were physicians that would tell us that a particular incarcerated individual was going to pass very soon and then, two, three years later the person is still living, said the Murphysboro Republican. To put the numbers in perspective, there were fewer than 700 known infections of inmates and staff across IDOC from March to early August, when the latest surge began. Alan has been fighting for the rights of imprisoned people for decades and has played a key role in recent efforts to free prisoners who are locked in facilities where the coronavirus is spreading like wildfire. The settlement reached Tuesday called for the release of low- to medium-risk inmates who are within nine months of their release date and are eligible for certain good-time credits, court records show. "Governor Pritzker's prioritization of legislative reforms of the criminal justice system reinforces the importance of collaboration among Illinois agencies to cultivate positive change.". Like other Chicagoans, we have ideas about what the next mayor should do. Press Release - Tuesday, February 21, 2023 ChicagoGovernor JB Pritzker today announced he will join the Reproductive Freedom Alliance (RFA), a non-partisan group of state Governors focused on working alongside one another to identify best practices for legislative and executive On January 13th, state legislators approved a colossal 764-page police and criminal justice reform bill that includes major changes, such as ending the practice of cash bail and money bonds, requiring all officers across Illinois to wear body cameras, and easing restrictions placed on those convicted of lesser charges. Watson Gray, 73, died of complications related to COVID-19 on Nov. 6, 2020, at Dixon Correctional Center. Mason, 76, said a feeling of lightness overtook him when a correctional officer stopped by his cell to tell him he was going home. Angelo Ciaravino and Richard Zoller both have a way of getting their Mount Carmel teammates and the crowd fired up. J.B. Pritzker in late June after serving 31 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, is an artist whose work focuses on his experience as an African American. Echevarria is incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center. Recently, Governor Pritzker announced that all staff working in Illinois prisons will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by mid-October. IDOC officials in early December began rolling out the testing program in which each worker is tested at least once a month, with the frequency based on the positivity rate of the prisons county. ), Gov. He argues the primary cause of the surge is staff infections and said IDOC should have responded with more urgency to Rabas testing recommendations. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Corrections, demanding the immediate release of Illinois prisoners vulnerable to the coronavirus. ILLINOIS HAS JUST CONVERTED FROM AN INDETERMINATE TO A DETERMINATE SENTENCING SYSTEM. Between March 2020 and March 2021, 2,472 inmates have left IDOC custodywith an earned discretionary sentencing credit, according to spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. Zach LaVine finished with a game-high 41 points, DeMar DeRozan added 21 and Patrick Beverley had a double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. It brought our whole agency together and made us laser-focused to carry out our objectives as we combat this virus.. The effort includes a proposed class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court, naming Gov. So far, three incarcerated men in Illinois two who had been housed at Stateville prison in Crest Hill and a detainee at the Cook County Jail have died from complications related to the coronavirus. Read more here! A spokesperson for Pritzker was not immediately available for comment. The majority were nonwhite, with 24 listed as Black. "The Joe Coleman Medical Release Act will make sure that doesn't happen to an inmate in Illinois anymore.". Antholt said the settlement also ensures the Department of Corrections is providing training to all the relevant facilities' staff about how to accommodate the needs of vulnerable prisoners. To date, 20% of inmates across the $1.6 billion corrections system have tested positive since March. Lester Mason, 76, at the home of his nephew in East Peoria on Dec. 14, 2020. He said he continues to bathe using the sink in his cell rather than risk infection by sharing a shower room with others. Bronis' son, Matthew Echevarria, is incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center. Sheila Bedi, of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, said that releasing some prisoners back to their communities is the best way to protect the health and well-being of people in prison. All three cases demand the swift release of those prisoners most vulnerable to the epidemic before they fall victim to it. But they described widespread illness, unsanitary conditions and struggles to get tested and receive adequate medical care. J.B. Pritzker in late June after serving 31 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, is an artist whose work focuses on his experience as an African American. (Family photo). Theyll all be given access to vaccines during the next phase, know as Phase 1B. She urged her colleagues to find a compromise that gets to what our children in the classroom need.. A man incarcerated at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill is among eight new deaths from the Coronavirus in Illinois, and 18 other inmates were taken to AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, officials said. The message to everyone across this country and across the state is that their workers want to be prioritized, the Chicago Democrat said. That means prison medical copays must go. Savage, a contract employee, had planned to retire in March but died on Nov. 6. That will result in the immediate release of over 1,000 prisoners, according to the Uptown Peoples Law Center. J.B. Pritzker. People in Prison in Winter 2021-22 Vera Institute of Justice, February, 2022 All states and the federal prison system reduced their prison populations in 2020, but 19 states and the federal government increased the number of people incarcerated in prisons in 2021. COVID looks like it may stay. The settlement reached March 23, 2021 will result in the immediate release of more than 1,000 people from IDOC facilities. Fatalities have been reported in nearly 20 IDOC facilities, with Dixon one of the latest hot spots. Many inmates, relatives and recently freed men interviewed by the Tribune agreed that access to masks and cleaning supplies has improved since earlier this year, when there was a national shortage. Stateville Correctional Center personnel pull carts of hand sanitizer and bars of soap on April 24, 2020. His wife, Susan Hertzberg, 78, still in prison, is trying to get a compassionate early release due to her age, health problems and the virus. Camren Wynter hit a three-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to give Penn State a 68-65 victory against Northwestern. Terminally ill incarcerated people would only be eligible if they have family able to care for them and are expected to die within 18 months, OConnor said, adding the new measure would be used when being imprisoned doesnt make a difference anymore., But state Sen. Terri Bryant pointed to cases in the states Department of Corrections where physicians said someone would imminently die over and over and over again.. Lindsey Hess, spokeswoman for Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys, said it was too early to determine how many prisoners would be released under the agreement. Officials also did not respond to a request for comment on the case. 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