CHICAGO — Sandra Brown walked gingerly down a walkway to the side door of Decatur Correctional Center. She wore jeans and a hooded sweatshirt that said “The Reclamation Project,”and her hair was styled into a thick, high frohawk. Brown is tall, and moves with grace and elegance, so her hairstyle only added to her regal demeanor. It had been 21 years since she first walked into an Illinois prison and five months since she walked out. Correctional staff gathered at the security station to greet Brown as she and her group went through the slow, procedural process of checking into a prison. She wa…
