HB3162 and SB2403, together known as “Home for Good,” would boost funding for housing dedicated to those reentering society after incarceration and those in community violence intervention programs. The bills would allocate $103 million for various efforts.
Perhaps if the ACLU hadn’t deemed work training programs in prison “ slavery “ , the ex- cons would have a viable job skill upon release and be able to find housing and employment without big brother holding their hands and footing their bills. But no, let’s throw more taxpayer money at the situation.
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.
Perhaps if the ACLU hadn’t deemed work training programs in prison “ slavery “ , the ex- cons would have a viable job skill upon release and be able to find housing and employment without big brother holding their hands and footing their bills. But no, let’s throw more taxpayer money at the situation.