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| Work underway at Illinois Youth Center in Joliet |
| By theherald-news.com- Lauren Leone-Cross |
| Published: 09/10/2015 |
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JOLIET – After some fits and starts because of the state’s budget impasse, renovations are underway at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet as part of the state’s attempt to comply with a court-ordered overhaul of its mental health care system. Subcontractors have been on-site in recent weeks tearing down barbed wire around the property’s perimeter and working on other sections of the project, said Mike Serena, recording secretary for Laborers Local 75, which is working under general contractor Blinderman Construction Company. A detailed scope of ongoing work is unclear. Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman Nicole Wilson declined to comment Wednesday. “Due to pending litigation, we have no comment at this time,” Wilson stated in an email. IDOC is under pressure from a federal lawsuit that challenges the conditions of the state agency’s prison system for people with serious mental illnesses. In an attempt to settle the case, IDOC agreed last year with a court-appointed monitor to turn Joliet’s vacant 484-bed facility – and three others statewide – into treatment centers for severely mentally ill inmates. Read More. |
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