John Howard Association of Illinois

Working for Corrections Reform Since 1901

ILLINOIS PRISON TALK - www.illinoisprisontalk.com

Site operated by Illinois advocacy organization offers help for relatives of inmates, forum for discussion of various issues, lock down information, and more.


TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR PRISON VISITATION
Last Updated: 2-23-07


Smitty’s Bus Service
773-928-9024
To East Moline & Galesburg on Sundays
Periodic Service to: Dwight, Menard, Pontiac
Call for schedules and costs

PACE Bus Route 831—Midway to Stateville
847-228-2416 (Purchasing Information)
847-364-7223 (Customer Services)

SAFER Bus Company
1015 Churchill Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
630-460-9024
Saturdays: Jacksonville, Robinson, Lawrence, Lincoln and Logan
Leave 9:00 a.m. from parking lot of Churches Chicken at 79th & the Dan Ryan
Cost is $50.00
Sundays: Illinois River
Leave at 9:00 a.m. from the parking lot of Churches Chicken at 79th & the Dan Ryan
Cost $50.00
 
Visiting Day Transportation
Owner: Edward Paschal 708-846-4085
To: Taylorville, Vandalia, Centralia, Big Muddy, Pinckneyville, Dixon, East Moline Call for schedules & costs Willie Mae Jones 773-272-8955 To: Big Muddy, Menard, Pinckneyville, South Western, Vienna, Tamms, Shawnee, Danville, Lawrence and Hill
Call for six month schedule, reservations & costs

Salvation Army
105 South Ashland Chicago, IL 60607
312-421-2406
To: Sheridan, Pontiac, Dwight and Dixon
Call for schedule


LEGAL ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS
(LIST PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY; NOT ALL-INCLUSIVE)

CARPLS (Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services) is an innovative legal aid service that offers an immediate response to the every day legal problems confronting low-income residents of Cook County. CARPLS' Legal Aid Hotline and court-based Advice Desks give low-income clients direct access to experienced attorneys who are trained to quickly assess and respond to a wide range of civil legal problems.
Hotline 312-738-9200
www.carpls.org

ILLINOIS LEGAL AID
Site offers step-by-step process for many legal problems, forms, and more.
http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/

CABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID CLINIC
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic provides free legal services in the areas of family law, housing law and criminal law.  They periodically offer workshops on record expungement.
Call (312) 266-1345
www.cgla.net