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The conditions that come with Pontiac Correctional Center’s age are just part of the reason inmates and advocates call it inhumane. Another reason is the climate inside. WTTW News details the issues facing the maximum security prison.
Changes have seemingly not made life safer within the Pontiac Correctional Center walls
Medium Security Unit at Pontiac Correctional Center has been closed
Is situation inside walls of Pontiac Correctional Center deteriorating like some Department of Corrections buildings?
The state agency that runs Illinois prisons said it wants to cut the inmate capacity at the Pontiac Correctional Center by more than half. That comes as the aging facility in Livingston County has infrastructure needs and as the overall state prisoner population is falling.