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| Costs rising to turn Illinois prison space into facilities for mentally ill inmates |
| By greenfieldreporter.com |
| Published: 08/07/2014 |
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — Treating and housing mentally ill prisoners is costing more in Illinois. State documents show Illinois taxpayers will be billed more than $17.8 million to turn existing prison space into mental health care facilities, the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers reported. The Illinois Department of Corrections has asked architectural firms for proposals to convert a dining hall at Pontiac Correctional Center into exam rooms for seriously mentally ill inmates, records from late July showed. The agency also wants to convert 48 cells at Pontiac to house mentally ill inmates. The cost is estimated at $800,000. Read More. |
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