{"id":6344,"date":"2016-11-11T20:08:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T20:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6344"},"modified":"2016-11-11T20:08:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T20:08:32","slug":"illinois-department-corrections-will-appoint-lawyers-represent-parole-violators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-department-corrections-will-appoint-lawyers-represent-parole-violators\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Department of Corrections Will Appoint Lawyers to Represent Parole Violators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has entered into a settlement agreement that will provide a process by which parolees will learn their rights and receive representation of lawyers during their parole revocation process.<\/p>\n<p>There was no availability of assigned legal counsel for parole violators before this agreement.\u00a0 This agreement was reached with the Department of Corrections in a case that was represented by Alan S. Mills of the Uptown People\u2019s Law Center.\u00a0 The U.S. District Court Judge Amy St. Eve of the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago approved the agreement on a preliminary basis.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, the state cites a lack of funds when it denies any parolee\u2019s request for appointed counsel during revocation proceedings.\u00a0 But that practice violates due process requirements found in the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s opinion, <em>Gagnon v. 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