Rauner proposes DOC reforms

Rauner proposes DOC reforms
Rauner proposes DOC reforms

Rauner proposes DOC reforms

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Governor Bruce Rauner devoted some of his State of the State speech to crime prevention. Specifically the governor said he wants to see changes in the state parole system and hire more correctional officers. So what’s it like to work in those jobs? We talk with Dean Harper, who for more than 20 years worked as a corrections officer at Vienna State Prison. (Flickr/allistair)