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| Budget impasse's effect unclear on IYC Joliet reopening |
| By mysuburbanlife.com- Lauren Leone-Cross |
| Published: 06/09/2015 |
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JOLIET — A lawyer representing thousands of mentally ill state inmates in a 2007 lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections said potential state budget cuts are no excuse to slow compliance with a court-ordered overhaul of the state agency's mental health care system. “The state budget cuts cannot justify the years and years of failure to provide adequate care,” Harold Hirshman, an attorney in the lawsuit, said Monday. “As for the Joliet facility, they say they are on time. We have nothing but their word.” Nicole Wilson, IDOC spokeswoman, on Monday said the state agency is on track to finish the conversion of the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet into a facility for inmates with severe mental illnesses by February 2016. It's unclear whether Springfield's budget impasse will affect IYC Joliet's opening by that time. Read More. |
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