One of the legal system’s goals should be finding ways to reintegrate people back into society after they have completed their sentences, says Patrick O’Brien, who currently works as a criminal defense attorney.
Economic sanctions. Collateral consequences. Permanent punishments. There are 44,000 restrictive federal laws, rules, and policies that continue to penalize people long after they have served their sentence in prison., a four-part series, examines this stark reality faced by nearly 3.3 million men and women in Illinois.
“There is no benefit in continuing to exclude someone and force them into a situation where they can’t provide for themselves and their families,” O’Brien said.
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