Illinois pays millions to keep inmates who can't find homes

The AP reports:

Illinois spends as much as $25 million a year to keep inmates in prison because they can't find suitable places to live that meet the terms of their parole.

Nearly 1,250 inmates are held beyond their release dates each year, the Chicago Tribune reported. The issue mostly affects sex offenders, who face housing restrictions, as well as those subject to electronic monitoring as part of parole.

Corrections officials say the practice began about a decade ago. They're frustrated by delays, but say they're tied by restrictions on how close sex offenders can live to schools, parks and other places there are likely to be children. Just nine beds in Illinois halfway houses are reserved for sex offenders, none of them in Cook County, according to officials.

Jail ... plus extra time.