Hello Free Rocky Nation!  I apologize for being MIA.  I am working as much as I can to prepare for summer and for this channel.  I have a lot of content to put out, so expect several podcasts in June!

Today, I need you guys to take action on Illinois Senate Bill 2333.  What is Senate Bill 2333, you ask?  Let me tell you.  SB 2333 establishes a system called “Earned Discretionary Re-Entry.”  Earned Discretionary Re-Entry, or EDR, uses the existing Prisoner Review Board to evaluate an inmate’s readiness to return to society.  The goal is to release prisoners who have dramatically changed and whose long sentences serve no social purpose.  EDR saves taxpayers money and lots of it!  Parole Illinois reports that incarcerating people who are eligible for this program costs taxpayers $52.3 million per year.  Crime-survivors also support this legislation.  They favor mental-health treatment and rehabilitation over long-term incarceration.