The Illinois Prison system has a program to get prisoners back into the work force once released; it is their work release program.
Work release is a program in which non-violent offenders are allowed to maintain a full or part-time job in the community but spend the remaining time in prison. The sentences range from one day to three years with the average time spent at six months. The participants are usually traffic or other minor offenders.
2nd degree murder is now apparently deemed a non-violent crime according to the Illinois Prison system. I had a client commenting on this and it has been verified. A prisoner incarcerated for second degree murder is on a work release program and is not supervised at times during the day.
Doesn’t that give you a warm feeling?