Illinois seeks two Crest Hill prisons, leaving Lincoln out of Logan Correctional Center rebuild plan
Logan Correctional Center will not be rebuilt in Lincoln, despite locals’ hopes.
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Menard prison staff picket, citing unsafe working conditions
Amid worker shortage, union says facility has seen a surge in violence
Communities, commission push Pritzker admin for more prison plan details
Legislative panel set to make recommendation on closures later this week
InJustice Watch UPDATE: Pritzker defends denials of medical release requests from dying and disabled prisoners
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker defended the number of dying and disabled prisoners released under a landmark law that went into ...
INJUSTICE WATCH/WBEZ: Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law
Under the Joe Coleman Act — named after a decorated Army veteran who died of prostate cancer while incarcerated — Illinois prisoners can ...
IDOC director makes $1.6 billion budget request at state Senate committee
Illinois Department of Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys appeared before the Senate Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday to ask for ...
IDOC makes plan to close units at Vandalia, Pontiac prisons
The Illinois Department of Corrections is making plans to downsize—plans that a major public employee union claims have not been ...
From Better Government Association: COVID-19 again hits Illinois prisons
Despite dramatically reduced prison populations, officials continue to face problems containing the virus because of lagging vaccine rates of prison ...
IDOC inmates continue to face commissary shortages
To Illinois prisoners, commissary is more than candy bars, shaving cream and socks. It represents normalcy and choice.
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