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IDOC pushes for women officers
By myjournalcourier.com- Cody Bozarth
Published: 08/14/2014

With very low numbers of women seeking employment, the Illinois Department of Corrections in western Illinois has organized an area recruitment outreach group to meet with people in communities and find qualified candidates to apply.

This week, representatives from the Department of Corrections and the Jacksonville Correctional Center spoke to Jacksonville officials, expressing their concern in the low number of women being employed and explaining the issues it creates.

Jacksonville Correctional Center Warden Marvin Reed said, having been previously employed at Stateville Correctional near Joliet, he felt that Jacksonville needed a higher percentage of women correctional officers.

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