Fathers’ Rights Atty Jeffery Leving Supports Senate Bill 2621 Providing Safe and Cost-Effective Solutions to Illinois Prison Overcrowding
Fathers’ Rights Attorney Jeffery M. Leving (http://dadsrights.com) supports Senate Bill 2621 which provides a safe, cost-effective way to reduce the Illinois prison population through sentence credits for non-violent offenders. The Bill was sponsored by Senator Kwame Raoul, whose law firm Quarles & Brady provides counsel to the Fatherhood Educational Institute (FEI), a charity Leving founded.
Senate Bill 2621 would allow for non-violent offenders to receive sentence credits for good behavior. Sentence credits encourage inmate participation in programming, which studies show to be the most effective way to reduce recidivism. The Bill’s implementation will be open and transparent through an annual reporting requirement and brings Illinois in line with a standard practice in prison systems throughout the country.
“Senate Bill 2621 gives non-violent offenders a chance to end the cycle of recidivism,” said FEI founder Atty Jeffery M. Leving. “It also gives incarcerated fathers the chance to come home to their children sooner.”
About the Fatherhood Educational Institute
The Fatherhood Educational Institute is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves to promote responsible fatherhood and educate the community on the importance of paternal involvement in the lives of children. To learn more about the Fatherhood Educational Institute visit http://fatherhood-edu.org or call 312-795-9060.
robert k. reardon
8:01 am on Saturday, May 26, 2012
This bill will not only assist the non violent offender to return to society and his children but will also lessen the burden on the taxpayer to continue to pay for the incarceration.
Joseph H. Sparacino
9:08 am on Saturday, May 26, 2012
Joseph H. Sparacino
This bill will plant the seeds of a better future for both the non-violent offender and his children because he will be able to show an example of responsibility and also be there to guide his children on the path away from incarceration.
todd cole
10:20 am on Saturday, May 26, 2012
Todd. This Bill is good for the life style of the prisoner. It might even save lifes. Please keep up the good work Sir.
John
10:33 am on Saturday, May 26, 2012
Finally someone has a common sense approach to overcrowded prisons. If a non-violent offender incarcerated for something like marijuana possession could be released and rehabilitated it will save the state money and give children their father back thus breaking the cycle. Children need their father and Leving gets it!! I'm going to find out more about his charity and make a contribution.
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10:42 am on Thursday, May 31, 2012
So I thought they were to vote on this Monday. Did it pass or when will we know?