Bill Text: IL SR0800 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Calls upon the Department Of Corrections to provide a long-term plan for the Pontiac Correctional Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-28 - Referred to Assignments [SR0800 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0800-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The Pontiac Correctional Center has received IEPA | ||||||
| 3 | violations on water quality; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Pontiac Correctional Center has had multiple | ||||||
| 5 | assaults on staff by inmates in 2023; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In 2022, the Executive Inspector General released | ||||||
| 7 | a report on the work environment at the Pontiac Correctional | ||||||
| 8 | Center that noted cases of sexual harassment; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In December of 2022, officers at the Pontiac | ||||||
| 10 | Correctional Center staged a picket in protest of unsafe | ||||||
| 11 | working conditions; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, After this issue came to the public's attention, | ||||||
| 13 | the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) was requested to | ||||||
| 14 | provide a long-term plan for the Pontiac Correctional Center; | ||||||
| 15 | one year later, IDOC has failed to do so; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we call upon the | ||||||
| 18 | Department Of Corrections to provide a long-term plan for the | ||||||
| 19 | Pontiac Correctional Center that includes the following: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) Plans for physical facilities/buildings, including | ||||||
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| 1 | maintenance needs and any repair projects planned or | ||||||
| 2 | building closures; | ||||||
| 3 | (2) Planned staffing levels; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) Planned inmate population levels; and | ||||||
| 5 | (3) An analysis of how the Pontiac Correctional Center | ||||||
| 6 | fits into the overall state correctional system; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, It is important that plans are made so staff and | ||||||
| 9 | inmates can operate in a safe and proper environment; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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