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UPDATE:
(AP) George Ryan is back at his family home in north-central Illinois where he'll be under home confinement.
The former Illinois governor was released from an Indiana prison Wednesday after serving more than five years for corruption. But in a move that took many by surprise, he was allowed to travel on to his Kankakee home shortly after arriving at a halfway house in Chicago.
His attorney, Jim Thompson, says Ryan will still be subject to strict rules at home. He can't leave his house and he can't speak to the media.
Thompson says officials decided Ryan didn't require the services halfway houses provide. Those services include making sure ex-cons can use a checkbook.
Thompson says Ryan was given retirement status and won't be required to find a job.
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(AP) A lawyer says former Illinois Governor George Ryan has been released from a halfway house and is back at home in Kankakee.
Ryan was released from a federal prison in Terra Haute, Indiana, early Wednesday and traveled to the halfway house in Chicago. He didn't speak to the media as he walked into the halfway house.
Attorney Jim Thompson says Ryan was released from the halfway house a short time later.
Thompson, also a former Illinois governor, traveled with Ryan to his home in Kankakee, where he will remain in home confinement.
Speaking from Ryan's living room, Thompson said Ryan was beaming and surrounded by his smiling grandchildren.
