Senate rejects Prisoner Review Board appointee
— March 24, 2022SPRINGFIELD – The Senate Executive Appointments Committee moved six appointees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board through committee on Tuesday, March 22 but the only appointee…
Tag: Illinois Department of Corrections
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IDOC makes plan to close units at Vandalia, Pontiac prisons
— February 17, 2022SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Corrections is making plans to downsize—plans that a major public employee union claims have not been shared with its members. With inmate…
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IDOC inmates continue to face commissary shortages
— December 8, 2021SPRINGFIELD – To Illinois prisoners, commissary is more than candy bars, shaving cream and socks. It represents normalcy and choice. “It’s everything to them,” said Melly Rios,…
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Agency seeks more funding for criminal justice initiatives
— April 1, 2021SPRINGFIELD – A state agency related to criminal justice on Wednesday, March 31 requested a funding increase to implement new policies and programs meant to improve racial equity…
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Lawmaker looks to lift ban on inmate voting
— March 23, 2021SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would repeal an existing law that prohibits prison inmates from voting is working its way through the General Assembly, although the chief sponsor of the…
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COVID-19 again hits Illinois prisons
— January 31, 2022COVID-19 is once again sweeping through Illinois’ prisons, sickening thousands of Illinois prisoners and hundreds of staff members. And while hospitalizations have been rare…
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Vaccination pace increases; hospitalizations continue to rise
— April 12, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Over the past seven days, 132,188 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered daily on average in Illinois as of Monday, April 12 an increase of more than 27,000…
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COVID-19 settlement permits release of up to 1,200 state prisoners
— March 24, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Corrections and a number of elderly and medically vulnerable prisoners seeking early release from state prisons due to COVID-19 reached a settlement Tuesday,…
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