IL HR0248

Declares July 3, 2025 and July 3, 2026 as Illinois Citizens Reentry Day in the State of Illinois

Honors Congressman Danny K. Davis for sponsoring the Second Chance Act of 2007, which was signed into law on April 9, 2008

The Second Chance Act provides grants to state and local governments to promote safe and successful reintegration of offenders into communities

Notes that the U.S. has nearly 2 million people incarcerated, with approximately 95% eventually returning to their communities

Highlights that two-thirds of released persons are rearrested within three years, and one-third of correction departments provide no services to released offenders