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| Report: Dwight prison closing not working |
| By sj-r.com |
| Published: 12/16/2014 |
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A new report from a prison watchdog group has found that moving about 1,000 female inmates from a now-closed prison in Dwight into a prison in Lincoln has exacerbated overcrowding and failed to generate meaningful cost savings. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers obtained a copy of the report expected to be released today by the Chicago-based John Howard Association. Gov. Pat Quinn ordered the closing of the Dwight Correctional Center last year as a cost-cutting move. But the report from the association found nearly 2,000 inmates are now residing in the Logan Correctional Center, which was built to house about 1,100 inmates. Read More. |
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