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Behind bars in Illinois
More than 31,000 inmates squeeze into Illinois prisons built to hold 20,800.
State lawmakers are considering proposals of the Illinois Task Force on Crime and
Corrections to ease prison overcrowding.
Here is a look at the complexion of Illinois penitentiaries today.
Donald Sevener
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Sources: figures 1, 2, 3, 5, Illinois Department of Corrections;
figure 4, Illinois Criminal Justice Authority.
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June 1993/Illinois Issues/39
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