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3 years ago the Hardin County Work Camp was shut down to save IDOC about a million dollars a year.Friday IDOC sold the facility to Hardin County for $1 as…
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Earlier this year, I reported for Illinois Newsroom that the Illinois Department of Corrections spent less than $300 on books for its educational...
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Knowing there were other transgender inmates in prisons in Illinois and across the country made Leila Lee feel as though she wasn’t alone. She said it...
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A recent study from Washington State University showed an alarming amount of prison workers -- 19% -- suffered from diagnosable PTSD. A rate equal to…
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A local correctional center has implemented a shelter dog obedience therapy training program which gives second chances to shelter dogs and the…
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The Illinois Department of Corrections transferred the first 20 offenders to the new Life Skills Re-entry Center in Murphysboro on Monday. WSIU's Brad…
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Illinois prisons officials have told state lawmakers that they need an extra $420 million to get through the rest of the budget year.The (Springfield)…
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The first class of cadets to provide security at the newly re-purposed Murphysboro Life Skills Re-entry Center graduated Friday.The 32 cadets will be…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says lawmakers need to approve a supplemental spending bill to ensure the Department of Corrections can get through the rest of…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to change the climate for women in Illinois prisons.The measure Rauner signed Tuesday at Logan Correctional…