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Let's save money by releasing TEN THOUSAND prisoners!

• Up to 10,000 convicted criminals could soon be released early from prisons across Illinois. It's all because of the state's budget mess. Gov. Pat Quinn says cutting those prisoners loose could save more than $100 million. But at what cost to you?
  
  [...] The proposed prisoner release stems from plans to lay off more than 1,000 corrections workers at Stateville Prison and a half-dozen facilities downstate.
  
  The state's making a list of thousands of so-called non-violent inmates with less than one year left to serve who could be released early. The governor says it could save taxpayers $125 million.

Quinn is accused of playing scare tactics to drum up support for his income tax hike. We also hope he's playing chicken with an electorate sick and tired of molly-coddling criminals who are serving tiny portions of prison sentences and then being re-launched upon society to pillage without fear of repercussions. Some law and order types could benefit from this. Republican law and order types - if they exist any more.