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Skeptical lawmakers have questioned the proposed 1,500-bed capacity of each new prison. Prison populations statewide have declined dramatically in recent years. Stateville has a listed operational capacity of just over 3,000 inmates and in June had a population of 568. Logan's capacity is listed at about 1,400 and in June had just over 1,000.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Well of course the prison population is down thanks to Pritzker, Evans, Littlle Kimmy and many others, the great catch and release. Remember what goes around comes around
Yesterday, the 40th person on pre trial release from last year was arrested for assaulting someone while awaiting trial. These 40 experiments in “ re-imagining the judicial system “ have shot, tried to shoot or murder 56 people and killed 23. No room in the big house for them, apparently.