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« Last post by bzmom5393 on Today at 08:29:43 AM »My son asked to have the following posted in hopes to get some answers. Thank you for any help or information you can offer, here goes:
"Hello, Illinois Prison Talk forums! I am an inmate incarcerated at Big Muddy River Correctional Center, and I have a few questions that I am hoping somebody can address. There's been a lot of rumors swirling around here lately, and as I'm sure many know, it's difficult to know what to accept as fact and what to dismiss as "Inmate Twitter", as we often call it. Recently there's been discussion about "the 6 months" coming back at the beginning of next year. Undoubtedly this is in reference to the SSC and SB 2872, which I understand takes effect on the 1st of January. It was my understanding, though that the SSC has already been back for some time now, albeit with much stricter eligibility requirements based on an offender's master file and awarded on a case-by-case basis. Thus, SB 2872 only slightly expands the eligibility for the existing SSC and is not some sweeping good time reform as some seem to be implying. I was wondering if anybody had any links to recent reports about people being awarded the SSC or links to annual SSC stats provided by the IDOC. Here at Big Muddy we hardly ever hear of people receiving it, but I feel that this may be in part due to the inmate population here primarily consisting of sex offenders. I am a first time drug offender with a Class 1 felony, no violence or sex-related crimes in my background, no juvenile background and no IDOC tickets received. I am trying not to get my hopes up but I feel that I may be a good candidate for the SSC so any success stories or info would be appreciated. The other rumor I was hoping could be addressed regards a program recently being implemented at minimum security prisons like Jacksonville and Taylorville in which some with 15 months or less are being released to serve the remainder of their sentences on house arrest with electronic monitoring. Again, any info is greatly appreciated. Thank you all for maintaining this community and providing aid to those of us incarcerated as well as our loved ones!"
"Hello, Illinois Prison Talk forums! I am an inmate incarcerated at Big Muddy River Correctional Center, and I have a few questions that I am hoping somebody can address. There's been a lot of rumors swirling around here lately, and as I'm sure many know, it's difficult to know what to accept as fact and what to dismiss as "Inmate Twitter", as we often call it. Recently there's been discussion about "the 6 months" coming back at the beginning of next year. Undoubtedly this is in reference to the SSC and SB 2872, which I understand takes effect on the 1st of January. It was my understanding, though that the SSC has already been back for some time now, albeit with much stricter eligibility requirements based on an offender's master file and awarded on a case-by-case basis. Thus, SB 2872 only slightly expands the eligibility for the existing SSC and is not some sweeping good time reform as some seem to be implying. I was wondering if anybody had any links to recent reports about people being awarded the SSC or links to annual SSC stats provided by the IDOC. Here at Big Muddy we hardly ever hear of people receiving it, but I feel that this may be in part due to the inmate population here primarily consisting of sex offenders. I am a first time drug offender with a Class 1 felony, no violence or sex-related crimes in my background, no juvenile background and no IDOC tickets received. I am trying not to get my hopes up but I feel that I may be a good candidate for the SSC so any success stories or info would be appreciated. The other rumor I was hoping could be addressed regards a program recently being implemented at minimum security prisons like Jacksonville and Taylorville in which some with 15 months or less are being released to serve the remainder of their sentences on house arrest with electronic monitoring. Again, any info is greatly appreciated. Thank you all for maintaining this community and providing aid to those of us incarcerated as well as our loved ones!"