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IL Governor denies press access to prisons

August 21, 2012 Mike Davis Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Illinois/Midwest, Media, States Leave a comment

Past reporting by this writer on prison conditions may have been shocking, but so is the Illinois Governor’s efforts to keep the media from

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