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| DOC Chief calls Menard workers' comp claims 'fraud' |
| By bnd.com - GEORGE PAWLACZYK AND BETH HUNDSDORFER |
| Published: 05/02/2012 |
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The head of the Illinois prison system told a legislative subcommittee that he believes millions of dollars paid out in workers' compensation claims to Menard guards who claimed injury from turning keys involved "fraud." Tony Godinez, director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleged fraud in response to a question from Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, during an April 18 session of the Appropriations-Public Safety Committee. The Belleville News-Democrat reported last year that about $10 million in taxpayer-funded settlements for carpal tunnel syndrome of the wrist and cubital tunnel syndrome of the elbow were paid to employees, mostly guards, at the Menard Correctional Center between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2010. The head of the Illinois prison system told a legislative subcommittee that he believes millions of dollars paid out in workers' compensation claims to Menard guards who claimed injury from turning keys involved "fraud." Tony Godinez, director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleged fraud in response to a question from Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, during an April 18 session of the Appropriations-Public Safety Committee. The Belleville News-Democrat reported last year that about $10 million in taxpayer-funded settlements for carpal tunnel syndrome of the wrist and cubital tunnel syndrome of the elbow were paid to employees, mostly guards, at the Menard Correctional Center between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2010. Read More. |
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