Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s prison reform commission has its first meeting today.
Rauner tasked the group with finding a way to cut the state’s prison population by 25 percent over the next 10 years.
John Maki is one of the members.
"This commission is different and this commission is important because we’ve had this goal. No governor has been willing to say this is what I want. So Illinois is really … we’re gonna lead here."
Maki says the group will be looking back to see how Illinois prisons got overcrowded in the first place.
