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IL SR0800
Resolution
Status
Failed
1/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Bennett
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AI Summary
- Pontiac Correctional Center has received Illinois EPA violations on water quality
- The facility experienced multiple inmate assaults on staff in 2023 and a 2022 Executive Inspector General report documented sexual harassment cases in the work environment
- Correctional officers staged a December 2022 picket protesting unsafe working conditions, and the Illinois Department of Corrections failed to provide a requested long-term plan one year later
- Senate calls on the Department of Corrections to submit a long-term plan including physical facilities and maintenance needs, staffing levels, inmate population levels, and analysis of the facility's role in the state correctional system
- Resolution emphasizes the importance of creating safe and proper operating conditions for both staff and inmates
Legislative Description
PONTIAC CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/7/2025
Committee Referrals
Assignments2/28/2024
Full Bill Text
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