SPRINGFIELD — After two lengthy and occasionally tense public meetings during which employees and others complained about a lack of information from the state on its nearly $1 billion plan to demolish and rebuild two Illinois prisons, a bipartisan legislative panel that was supposed to make recommendations on the proposal adjourned without taking action. Only […]
The union representing prison employees said it was concerned over the lack of details in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plan to overhaul two major Illinois prisons, while advocates for incarcerated people expressed cautious optimism that the proposal could improve conditions for those locked up in the aging, dilapidated facilities. The governor’s office on Friday announced its […]