(This is a special blog, based on the lay sermon I gave at my church on May 5, 2024 about the need for prison reform for older prisoners who are ineligible for parole in IL.)
Last Monday, my husband Bill and I drove to Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet. This maximum security prison is just a little less than 40 minutes from Elmhurst. After a quick stop through McDonald’s drive thru, we took 355 south and exited at Joliet Road.
As we got closer, I saw a water tower with Stateville written on the side near the grounds of the prison. Bill put on his blinker and made right on Division street, and we made our way toward the entrance.
The mood in the car suddenly turned somber as this huge, forbidding, old concrete wall with guard towers at either end emerged on our left. The wall was so long. At the entrance, we turned left onto a drive riddled with pot holes, and we made our way … [continue reading...] about Second Acts
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