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• House committees hear testimony on alleged book censorship at Danville Correctional Center

  by Kyla Asbury | Jul 10, 2019

  

  Two House committees listened to testimony Monday from the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and other groups involving an incident in which books provided to educate prisoners at the Danville Correctional Center were seized from the library by prison staff.

• ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: IDOC Hosts Lieutenant Governor, Chance the Rapper for Graduation Ceremony

  by Press release submission | May 17, 2019

  

  Seven incarcerated men at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) are college graduates after completing Northeastern University's University Without Walls program at Stateville Correctional Center.

• Bryant opposes Pathway to Community Program

  by Kyla Asbury | Apr 27, 2019

  

  Rep. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) spoke in opposition of a bill that would allow prisoners ages 50 years and older who have already completed 30 years in prison to enter a program similar to work release.

• Correctional officer training standards have reached an embarrassing low, IDOC official says

  by W.J. Kennedy | Apr 26, 2019

  

  A high-ranking official with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) said that the training and fitness standards for correctional officer trainees have plummeted so far under IDOC Director John Baldwin that he fears for the safety of the guards and inmates in the state’s 35 prisons.

• ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: Breaks Ground on $150 Million Mental Health Treatment Center

  by Press release submission | Mar 19, 2019

  

  The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is constructing a 200-bed mental health and general medicine treatment center in Joliet.

• State corrections department would receive $31M for capital projects under Rauner budget

  by LGIS Newsfeed | Jun 7, 2018

  

  Less than half of 1 percent of the governor's 2019 capital budget request would fund Illinois Department of Corrections projects, according to a state analysis.

• Beleaguered inmate health care provider has powerful ally in Springfield

  by W.J. Kennedy | Sep 9, 2017

  

  The current provider of medical and mental health services for Illinois prison inmates, Wexford Health, has, by any measure, an unhealthy track record: the Pittsburgh-based company recently was sued in Illinois and Mississippi, and fired in Florida.

• Illinois DOC asks for bids on inmate care despite ongoing Wexford deal

  by W.J. Kennedy | Aug 22, 2017

  

  The Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) issued a request for proposal (RFP) in January for comprehensive medical and mental health services for approximately 50,000 inmates even though the state has a current such contract with Wexford Health.