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ILDOC disputes report findings
By wrex.com
Published: 09/25/2008

ILLINOIS - The Illinois Department of Corrections spent more than $400,000 for an independent study of the prison system's needs. Now, after sitting on the report for a year, the agency says it doesn't agree with the findings.

The Peoria architectural and engineering firm that conducted the study concluded Illinois will need space for more than 2,700 additional inmates by 2016. The prison system now has beds for about 51,000 inmates. The firm also concluded that a 137-year-old prison in Pontiac that Governor Rod Blagojevich wants to close could be upgraded for less than $6 million. Read more.

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