[Peace-discuss] JKilgore: Rep. Ammons electronic monitoring bill-please support w witness slip today

[Robert Naiman]

I heard Rep. Ammons and James Kilgore talking about this on WILL yesterday.
The corporate-profit-government-capture gratuitous brutality of the status
quo is truly spectacular.

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From: James Kilgore
Date: Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 9:25 AM
Subject: Carol Ammons electronic monitoring bill-please support with
witness slip before March 26th

Our local Rep. Carol Ammons has put forward a pioneering bill in the IL
state legislature  HB 1115
<http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1115&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=115487&SessionID=108&GA=101>.
This bill would eliminate the use of electronic monitoring for all those
who have completed their prison sentences in the Illinios Department of
Corrections. At present, large numbers of people are placed on an
electronic monitor when they have completed their prison sentences.
Speaking from personal experience I can say that the monitor is a great
hindrance to anyone trying to find employment, housing, or participate in
family,community, educational or religious activities. In short, everything
a person needs to do to get their life back on track after incarceration is
thrown off track by being on house arrest with a monitor and having to get
permission from your parole agent to leave the house for any reason.

On Feb. 22nd, I was in Chicago to take part in the first legislative hearing
<https://www.challengingecarceration.org/2019/02/26/il-em-hearing-first-in-the-us/>
in any state in the US  to discuss the need for this type of legislation.
Now HB 1115 has become a reality-the Mandatory Supervised Release Reentry
Freedom Act. The house judiciary committee will vote on the bill next
Tuesday, March 26 at 4 p.m. in Springfield.

I am asking you to support this bill and the cutting edge work of our local
representative by submitting a witness slip identifying yourself as a
proponent of this bill before Tuesday the 26th. You don't have to attend
the committee hearing to submit. You can add a comment or message if you
like, or simply indicate your support. You can find the link to submit a
slip here
<http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/115487?committeeHearingId=16833&LegislationId=115487&LegislationDocumentId=146606&HCommittees4%2F20%2F2019-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=30&_=1553230027299&GridCurrentCommittees-page=3>.
If you need help in navigating the online process, you can find it here
<https://www.aclu-il.org/sites/default/files/how_to_file_an_illinois_witness_slip.pdf>or
you can email me with any questions you might have. Thanks so much for your
support. Find embedded below a basic information sheet on the bill. T

[image: CMJ Fact Sheet.JPG]

James Kilgore
Co-Director, FirstFollowers Reentry Program
<https://www.challengingecarceration.org/>
Center for African Studies
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow 2017-18
<https://www.challengingecarceration.org/>
www.challengingecarceration.org
Author, Understanding Mass Incarceration
<https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Mass-Incarceration-Peoples-Struggle/dp/1620970678?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1620970678>
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