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Officials say testing determined the reason two dozen employees at a Springfield-area prison needed medical treatment ruled out narcotics and hazardous materials.

The investigation into what caused staff and inmates to become sick and require medical attention Wednesday at the John A. Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro remains ongoing.

Prison and union officials say 18 employees of a central Illinois prison have been treated at hospitals after they became sickened while responding to inmates suffering severe discomfort. Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson Naomi Puzzello says staff were exposed to an unknown substance at Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro Wednesday but are "stable” after treatment. Prison officers and other staff were responding to inmates who appeared under the influence of the substanc...

Many were brought to hospitals. Some guards and other staff members who responded to inmates suffering severe discomfort became violently ill, a union rep says.

Officials say 18 employees of an Illinois prison have received treatment after they became sickened while responding to inmates suffering severe discomfort.

An undetermined foreign substance sickened inmates, then staff, at the Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro, Illinois, Wednesday. Eighteen prison employees were hospitalized.

By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Several employees of a central Illinois prison were treated at hospitals Wednesday after they

‘Unknown substance’ sickens Illinois prison staff, inmates

Prison staff and inmates fell ill after employees helped an inmate in medical distress, officials say.

Prison staffers at Illinois' John A. Graham Correctional Center were rushed to hospitals after responding to a possible overdose of inmates who appeared under the influence.