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| Joliet prison won’t be used for NATO summit |
| By heraldnews.suntimes.com |
| Published: 05/03/2012 |
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JOLIET, Illinois — The Joliet Correctional Center will not be reopened during the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago for emergency housing of prisoners, a state spokeswoman said Wednesday. Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart last week floated the idea of using the closed Joliet prison later if the number of protesters arrested at the NATO summit exceeds his jail capacity. But the Joliet prison is off limits for the May 20-21 NATO summit in Chicago, according to an email from Stacey Solano, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Corrections. The state owns the prison, and DOC oversees it. “Joliet CC is closed and not an option,” Solano emailed in response to a Herald-News inquiry about the likelihood of the prison being available during the summit. Asked to elaborate why, Solano simply responded, “IDOC will not be reopening Joliet CC.” Joliet city officials, however, offered some reasons why the prison might not be available when discussing the matter at a city council meeting Tuesday. “We’d be more than happy to work with the sheriff, but I don’t think he understands what shape (the prison) is in,” Mayor Thomas Giarrante said. Both Giarrante and City Manager Thomas Thanas said they had not been contacted by anyone other than the media about the idea. Last summer, they both joined a tour of the prison headed by former state Sen. A.J. Wilhelmi, who wanted to draw attention to the deteriorating conditions at the Joliet Correctional Center. Cell bars were covered with rust, and insulation hung from ceilings like stalactites in a cave. Read More. |
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