Approaching a Breaking Pointstate Prisons Are Filling Up Fast Since the Full Stop of All Early Releases, Leaving Officials Grasping for New Solutions
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › February 24, 2011
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At Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, new inmates sleep on cots in gymnasiums. Workers at Pontiac Correctional Center buy hand soap when supplies run low. Everywhere, two bunks per cell are the norm.
They are just a few of the situations aggravated by too many prisoners housed by a state whose checkbook is written in red ink.See the full content of this document
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Approaching a Breaking Pointstate Prisons Are Filling Up Fast Since the Full Stop of All Early Releases, Leaving Officials Grasping for New Solutions
"We are bursting at the seams in every facility in the state of Illinois," said Eddie Caumiant, regional director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees that represents prison guards and other correctional staff.
Illinois' prison population is exploding. With 48,760 inmates on Feb. 14, the state is on track to fill 52,000 beds, th...See the full content of this document
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