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IL SR0800

Resolution

Status

Failed

1/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Bennett

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Origin

Senate

103rd General Assembly

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

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