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Illinois Taxpayers Shell Out Hundreds of Millions as Prison Reform Lawsuits Grind On

The settlement agreements have prompted major changes for incarcerated people who are deaf, mentally ill or under the care of the state prison’s beleaguered healthcare system, but advocates argue more needs to be done.

by Casey Toner and Peter Winslow December 13, 2023December 20, 2023

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Illinois Taxpayers Shell Out Hundreds of Millions as Prison Reform Lawsuits Grind On

by Casey Toner and Peter Winslow, Illinois Answers Project
December 13, 2023

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Tillie Lloyd holds a picture of herself and her fiance, Billy Johnson, who is deaf and working to get his GED while in prison. Lloyd says Johnson is being denied services. (Credit: Casey Toner/Illinois Answers Project)

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Casey Toner

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Casey Toner, a Chicago native, has been an Illinois Answers reporter since 2016, taking the lead on numerous projects about criminal justice and politics. His series on police shootings in suburban Cook County resulted in a state law requiring procedural investigations of all police shootings in Illinois. Before he joined Illinois Answers, he wrote for the Daily Southtown and was a statewide reporter for Alabama Media Group, a consortium of Alabama newspapers. Outside of work, he enjoys watching soccer and writing music.

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