Children's Best Interest Project

Loss of treasured words and images from loved ones is one of the hardest kinds of theft that moms and dats inside have to deal with.

Incarcerated People Lose Treasured Media When Prisons Change Tablet Contracts People are losing purchased music and games, as well as emails and photographs from loved ones, without compensation.

Grateful to Jennifer Vollen-Katz at the John Howard Association and Kaitlin Washburn at WBEZ for lifting up this deadly lack of care in the Illinois Department of Corrections. A friend in Logan reports that she has been regularly denied her blood pressure medication for 4 or 5 weeks at a time, putting her at risk of a heart attack or stroke. We hope that the legislature will hold a joint House-Senate subject-matter hearing soon. Thankful for those who have been working toward addressing this.
State Representative Kelly Cassidy Rep Kevin Olickal Justin Slaughter Elgie Sims Javier Cervantes Laura Fine Robyn Gabel

Illinois prison healthcare still poor as state goes 1 year without long-term medical provider The state has been extending a short-term emergency contract with Centurion Health since July 2025 after backing out of a 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources. Since then, the transition from Wexford to Centurion has complicated people's healthcare and left at least one…