Many elderly prisoners are sick and cannot recieve the care they need, Many elderly prisoners die inside.Illinois prisons are overcrowded with an increase from 27,000 to 49,000 in two decades.Among people over 50,the increase has been from 1,030 to 7,162. If this trend continues, the state will need three geriatric prisons within the next 20 years.Among people over 50 who have served 25 years or more such as Inmate Pearl Tuma inmate ID# N07148 at Logan Correctional center,the increase was also dramatic:from 32 to 900. If just one of 10 eligable people were released,the IDOC budget would see a reduced cost of $7.5 million in one year.Given the relatively small number of eligable people who would be approved for sentence reduction,it would be easy to track their progress.Not everyone who falls under the spefications of this bill are reformed prisoners but some of them are.I believe Pearl Tuma is one of them.Kepping elderly,rehabilitated people in prison is unnecessary,costly,and in violation of our constitutional requirement  to return prisoners to useful citizenship.