Rebuilding Lives. Strengthening Communities.

Endnotes
Introduction
MAYORAL POLICY CAUCUS ON PRISONER REENTRY
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1
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Number of Persons under Correctional Supervision, 1980-2003,”
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/corr2tab.htm (accessed June 16, 2005).
2
Harrison, Paige and Allen Beck, “Prisoners in 2004” (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005),
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p04.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005). This figure includes the total incarcerated population in
the United States at year end 2004 for state and federal prisons and local jails plus territorial prisons, immigrations and customs
enforcement, military, Indian country, and juvenile facilities.
3
Bonzcar, Thomas, “Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001,” (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics,
2003), http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/piusp01.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005), Table 1.
4
Bonzcar, Thomas, “Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001,” (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics,
2003), http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/piusp01.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005), Figure 3. The U.S. incarceration rate of 724
per 100,000 persons places this country at the top of the list in the Western world. Rates of other nations—Russia (564), Great
Britain (145), Canada (116), Germany (97), France (88), and Japan (60)—are all significantly lower. See “New Incarceration Figures:
Growth in Population Continues” (Washington, D.C.: The Sentencing Project, 2005), http://www.sentencingproject.org/pdfs/
1044.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005).
5
Throughout this report, words such as “former prisoner,” “released prisoner,” “formerly incarcerated individual,” and “person with
criminal record” are used interchangeably.
6
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Reentry Trends in the United States,”
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/reentry/releases.htm (accessed June 16, 2005).
7
Council of State Governments, “Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council: Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the
Community,” Introduction, http://www.reentrypolicy.org/report/introduction.php (accessed November 11, 2005); Travis, Jeremy, But
They All Come Back: Rethinking Prisoner Reentry (Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice, 2000), NCJ 181413.
8
Council of State Governments, “Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council: Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the
Community,” Introduction, http://www.reentrypolicy.org/report/introduction.php (accessed November 11, 2005).
9
Durose, Matthew and Patrick Langan, “Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2002” (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004),
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/fssc02.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005).
10
Glaze, Lauren and Seri Palla, “Probation and Parole in the United States, 2004” (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005),
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppus04.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005), 1.
11
Illinois Department of Corrections, “Statistical Presentation 2003” (Springfield, IL: Illinois Department of Corrections, 2004),
http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/reports/statistical_presentation_2003/part1.shtml#5 (accessed June 16, 2005), Table 1.
12
Street, Paul, “The Vicious Circle: Race, Prison, Jobs, and Community in Chicago, Illinois, and the Nation” (Chicago, IL: Chicago Urban
League, October 2002), http://www.cul-chicago.org/72329633112722/lib/72329633112722/the%20vicious%20circle.pdf
(accessed December 1, 2005), 5.
13
At the end of calendar year 2004, the adult prison population was 35.1 percent over rated capacity, totaling 44,054 inmates in a correctional
system with a rated capacity of 32,609. Illinois Department of Corrections, “Statistical Presentation 2004” (Springfield, IL:
Illinois Department of Corrections, 2005), http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/reports/statistical_presentation_2004/default.shtml
(accessed December 1, 2005). See also Wheeler, Charles, “It’s the ‘get tough on crime’ fall campaign season again” (DeKalb, IL: Illinois
Periodicals Online, October 1996), http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1996/ii961042.html (accessed June 16, 2005).
14
Illinois Department of Corrections, “2004 Departmental Data Fact Sheet” (Springfield, IL: Illinois Department of Corrections, 2004),
http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/reports/department_data/Department%20Data%202004.pdf (accessed June 6, 2005).
15
Harrison, Paige and Allen Beck, “Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004” (Washington, D. C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005),
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim04.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005), Table 7.
16
La Vigne, Nancy G. and Cynthia A. Mamalian, “A Portrait of Prisoner Reentry in Illinois” (Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute,
2003), 46.
17
Calculation based on taking 50 percent of the projected total releases for 2005, or 50 percent of 42,000.
18
Huppke, Rex. “Record Numbers of Ex-Cons Return to Illinois Streets,” Chicago Tribune, June 19, 2005.
19
Glaze, Lauren and Seri Palla, “Probation and Parole in the United States, 2003” (Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004),
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppus03.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005), Table 8.
20
There are seven cities in Illinois with populations above 100,000 persons: (1) Chicago—2,886,251; (2) Aurora—156,974;
(3) Rockford—151,068; (4) Naperville—135,389; (5) Joliet—118,423; (6) Peoria—112,670 and (7) Springfield—111,834. U.S.
Census Bureau, Population Division, Table 8 “Illinois Incorporated Place Population Estimates and Population Change, Sorted
Alphabetically: July 1, 2001 through July 1, 2002” http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/2000s/vintage_2002/SUB-EST2002/SUB-
EST2002-08-17.pdf (accessed November 11, 2005).
21
Illinois Department of Corrections, “2004 Departmental Data Fact Sheet” (Springfield, IL: Illinois Department of Corrections, 2004)
http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/reports/department_data/Department%20Data%202004.pdf. (accessed June 16, 2005).