Senate committee discusses pandemic protocol in Illinois prisons
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on December 24, 2020
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Testifying before the Senate State Government Committee Friday, Illinois Dept. of Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys said the state’s prison system is working closely with state public health authorities to respond to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. State Senator Pat McGuire, Vice-Chair of the committee, led the hearing Friday and asked IDOC personnel about the department’s progress in processing prisoners for intake and release more efficiently, COVID-19 protocols, and efforts to adapt the prison system’s education programs to the realities of the pandemic. “We learned at today’s hearing of steps DOC has taken to spend tax dollars more wisely, to ensure educational programs continue in our prisons during the pandemic, and to protect staff and incarcerated men and women from COVID-19,” McGuire said. “However, much remains to be done. Legislators of both parties pledged to work with DOC on the vital work which lies before us.”