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| Efforts to reopen Ill. youth prison as facility for mentally ill predated budget plan |
| By greenfieldreporter.com |
| Published: 04/29/2014 |
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — Efforts to reopen a Joliet youth prison as a facility to treat mentally ill inmates have been underway despite claims from the Gov. Pat Quinn's administration that extending the temporary income tax increase would be necessary for reopening. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers cites Illinois Department of Corrections documents in a story Monday showing the agency is working to reopen the facility and settle a 2007 federal lawsuit claiming the state has failed to address mental illness in a crowded prison system. Read More. |
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