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| Union: Closing Pontiac prison irresponsible |
| By Pantagraph.com |
| Published: 08/07/2008 |
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ILLINOIS - “Irresponsible,” “half-baked” and “misleading” were just some of the words a prison workers’ union has used to describe plans to close Pontiac Correctional Center. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees presented the report “Raising Risks: The Irresponsible Plan to Close Pontiac Correctional Center” at a news conference Wednesday at the AFSCME union hall in Pontiac. The report will be submitted to state officials at a public hearing, which has been moved from Tuesday to Aug. 20. “We think that closing the Pontiac prison is really raising the risk for our members, inmates, the public and the correction system in Illinois,” said Anne Irving, policy director for AFSCME Council 31, the union’s state-level organization. “The key point is that it is irresponsible and doesn’t make sense for our state.” Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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