Resources

Una guía para personas encarceladas

A guide to commutation for pro se filers in Illinois

Instrucciones detalladas para redactar y enviar una petición de conmutación sin la ayuda de un abogado

A template created by the Illinois Prison Project, to help with drafting of pro se commutation petitions

How to prepare for your loved one's commutation hearing

Cómo preparar para la audiencia de clemencia de tu ser querido

A detailed step-by-step guide for drafting a compelling and effective commutation petition by Emile DeWeaver

How to prepare for pre-hearing conferences will happen in the weeks leading up to your clemency hearing.

Una guía para personas encarceladas

Una guía para personas encarceladas, sus seres queridos y abogados

Este manual está diseñado para la preparación de solicitudes de perdón.

HB3026 Kit de herramientas de crédito por sentencia

Una guía para navegar por el crédito por sentencia en Illinois

Procedimientos de traslado

A guide to understanding sentencing credit in Illinois

Information about prosecutor-initiated resentencing in Illinois

Hoja informativa sobre la Illinois ley de re-sentencia

Joe Coleman Medical Release Handbook

Form required by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board to apply for medical release

A template to apply for medical release

A sample medical release application

Step-by-step instructions for drafting and submitting an a pardon petition without the help of an attorney

A fillable template created by the Illinois Prison Project, to help with drafting of pro se pardon petitions

Information about how to file a grievance within the Illinois Department of Corrections

Information about transferring facilities within the Illinois Department of Corrections

This toolkit is intended to provide assistance in filing a Youth Parole Petition, in order to be appointed counsel and go before the Prison Review Board for consideration.

This law increases the amount of program sentence credit an individual could earn from half a day to a full day; allows for individuals serving day-for-day sentences to earn program sentence credit up to half a day for certain work and volunteer assignments, and enables these credit considerations to be applied to those sentenced before 2021.

How to comply with public registry laws for certain offenses

This resource will review the crucial documents needed to navigate the world.

Learn how to reintegrate into society after incarceration ("thaw out") after years of trauma and oppression

Using bank and credit cards to be paid, access money, pay bills, and purchase products.

Libraries offer computer and internet access as well as classes to help you become more acquainted with technology in general.

Systems and procedures one should expect to encounter in their first 14 days post incarceration

Resources for returning citizens

A reentry resource guide compiled by the Education Justice Project

Una guía para la reintegración de Education Justice Project

Illinois' Youthful Parole statute allows individuals who committed offenses while under age 21 to petition the Illinois Prisoner Review Board for a parole hearing after serving a set portion of their sentence. This toolkit is intended to provide assistance in filing a Youthful Parole Petition, in order to be appointed counsel and go before the PRB for parole consideration.

Youthful parole in Illinois allows individuals who committed offenses while under age 21 to petition the Prisoner Review Board for a parole hearing after serving a set portion of their sentence. People who are eligible for youthful parole are also eligible for an individualized assessment by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), who are supposed to provide eligible people with personalized recommendations about work assignments, programming, and institutional behavior. This guide is designed to help incarcerated people obtain that assessment and secure access to programming and services that might support a successful youthful parole application and hearing.