Lawmakers grill Department of Corrections after audit shows dozens of failures
The audit found the department is allowing people to receive overtime pay for working on days they took off
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR)
Oversight panel OKs rule on digitized prison mail in Illinois with new changes
State body OKs Department of Corrections mail scanning rule, with prison reform advocates upset.
Inmate families, advocates speak against mail scanning program
IDOC launched its mail scanning program on an emergency basis in August but is now seeking to make it permanent.
Oversight panel objects to new Illinois prison mail policy
The objection does not stop the rules from taking effect.
Under emergency rule, Illinois prisons can begin withholding physical mail
The rule change was enacted after prison workers were exposed to toxic substances last fall.
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