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| Hundreds picket in effort to rescue Dwight prison |
| By pantagraph.com - Roger Miller |
| Published: 03/16/2012 |
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DWIGHT, IL — Patty Frye of Pontiac stood out in a tie-dyed top in a crowd wearing mostly green “Save Dwight Prison” T-shirts, but she reflected the mood of the group just the same. “I’m angry and scared, very scared,” she said. Worried that Dwight Correctional Center may close but determined to prevent it, about 200 people turned out Thursday afternoon to picket. They lined Illinois 17 in front of the prison just west of town, waving signs matching their T-shirts and chanting as passing drivers honked in support. Frye’s two daughters and a son-in-law work at the state’s only maximum-security prison for women. If Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposal to close the lockup by Aug. 31 goes through, Frye fears the three will lose their jobs and lack the seniority to move elsewhere in the Department of Corrections. “They have established their lives around their jobs,” said Frye, who moved from Peoria to Pontiac three years ago to be near them. “They have kids in school. They bought houses (in Pontiac). Read More. |
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