Reader feedback and continuing coverage are keeping prison issues top of mind this month. Here are a few updates:

JCAR SAYS NO: Last Saturday’s column explored the Aug. 14 emergency rule allowing the Department of Corrections to intercept mail intended for inmates. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules formally objected on Tuesday. Capitol News Illinois said the temporary rule can remain in effect through January, but the vote, per CNI’s Peter Hancock, “sent a clear message to the department that it will need to make significant changes – and listen to feedback from incarcerated people’s families, attorneys and other interested stakeholders – if it wants to make the rule permanent.”

IDOC did submit proposed permanent rules before the meeting, which means the subject will resur

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