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The union that represents corrections officers at Pontiac prison is calling for the Illinois Department of Corrections to hire more officers after a Pontiac prison inmate stabbed a corrections officer two weeks ago.
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A scathing report from the State Executive Inspector General shows a climate of hazing and sexual discrimination created a hostile work environment at the state prison in Pontiac, including stating there is reason for disciplinary action against 10 employees for discriminating against a guard who was perceived to be gay.
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Union leaders are raising concerns about staffing levels and employee safety after a correctional sergeant was stabbed at Pontiac prison on Wednesday.
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Months after a federal judge struck down a settlement agreement to improve deficiencies in treatment and counseling for mentally ill inmates, a new court filing claims Black inmates in Illinois are far more likely to be segregated and are less likely to receive counseling.
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Pontiac residents and community leaders are worried. The Illinois Department of Corrections moved 171 medium-security inmates from the Pontiac Correctional Center to other prisons early this year, and the fear is the rest of the prison built in the 1870s will shut down, too.
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The Illinois Department of Corrections is denying claims of black mold at the prison in Pontiac, where some inmates have been moved.
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The state agency that runs Illinois prisons said it wants to cut the inmate capacity at the Pontiac Correctional Center by more than half. That comes as the aging facility in Livingston County has infrastructure needs and as the overall state prisoner population is falling.
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The Illinois Department of Corrections is making plans to downsize—plans that a major public employee union claims have not been shared with its members.
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State lawmakers are going public with concerns about the future of the prison in Pontiac and another in Vandalia in southern Illinois.
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A decade after Illinois Department of Corrections inmate Anthony Rodesky began developing the blisters that would eventually lead to a below-the-knee leg amputation, a federal jury in Peoria on Friday awarded him $400,000, finding the state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in its treatment of Rodesky’s type 1 diabetes.