Over the last 10 years, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) has seen a steady increase in the number of inmates under its supervision. With a capacity of 33,663 inmates and more than 49,000 inmates currently under its control, the DOC is 70 percent over capacity. The majority of this increase comes from non-violent felonies (mostly associated with drug or property crimes) and the DOC has little room in its $1.3 billion budget for recidivism reduction initiatives. With an understanding that business as usual was unsustainable both in human and fiscal costs; a bipartisan group of legislators passed, and Governor Pat Quinn signed, the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009.