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| Closed state youth detention center to reopen with new purpose |
| By herald-review.com- Stephanie Esters |
| Published: 10/17/2016 |
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MURPHYSBORO — Saying the state of Illinois needed to do something better for its newly released prisoners while keeping the community safer, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced that he is closing a controversial part of the Stateville Correctional Facility and reopening and repurposing the Illinois Youth Center in Murphysboro. The governor, along with state Sen. Dave Luechtefeld, state Rep. Terri Bryant, Illinois Department of Corrections Director John Baldwin, Murphysboro Mayor Will Stephens, former Mayor Chris Grissom and other Corrections representatives, toured the facility, walking through its kitchen area, gym, classrooms, meeting rooms, workshop and out to its greenhouse area and through some of the pods — the facility's dorm space — where about a dozen white sinks line the wall. The new center, a minimum-security facility, will prepare offenders for a successful transition out of the Corrections system through educational, vocational and life skills training, Rauner said. Read More. |
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