Logan Correctional Center

Staff from Logan and other regional correctional centers held a charity softball tournament Friday that served both to raise money for the Lincoln food bank, and to spotlight efforts to keep the prison in Logan County.

Amid the loud political struggle over the potential relocation of the state women's prison at Lincoln, there is little disagreement that something needs to happen at the current Logan Correctional Center.

Two prisons in disrepair slated for demolishment but one’s relocation still up in the air

The Illinois Department of Corrections held a public meeting Thursday in Lincoln to give residents and other stakeholders the opportunity to express concerns about the planned reconstruction of Logan Correctional Center to a location in northern Illinois.

A public meeting is set for June 13 for those looking to share their opinion about the planned closure of the Logan women’s prison in Lincoln.

The union that represents state employees, including correctional workers, has joined other state and local leaders in critiquing a plan to tear down and rebuild two aging prisons, including the Logan Correctional Center outside of Lincoln.

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Corrections announced in March the state intended to tear down and rebuild two prisons in poor conditions: Stateville Correctional Center for men in Crest Hill outside of Joliet, and the Logan Correctional Center for women outside of Lincoln.

Department of Corrections officials lay out closure, rebuild timeline to lawmakers

A new report confirms the Illinois Department of Corrections is indeed looking to move and rebuild the Logan women’s prison near Joliet instead of in Lincoln, impacting over 450 employees.

A state plan to rebuild two aging prisons has some state and local government leaders in Logan County concerned about the future of a facility that provides nearly 500 jobs in the area.