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All people being released from Illinois prisons will leave detention with a new state ID card under a program expected to be in use in all state prisons by next

Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com Jul 7, 2021 | 3:14 PM As Illinois continues to lead the Midwest in vaccinating its residents, Governor Pritzker announced a new pilot program offering a range of incentives to state employees who work in direct care facilities and receive at least one dose of the vaccine. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA), the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) and the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) announced the drawings to eligible employees in late June and will announce winners ...

Brian Rich / Sun-Times file Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is demanding the state prison system take hundreds of inmates off his hands. Dart says they’ve cost him more than $38 million — though some of that has been covered by the federal government — to house the inmates during the coronavirus pandemic, and that’s forced him to keep open a large cell building that he otherwise would have mothballed. People convicted of crimes and sentenced to prison have remained in the Cook County Jail near 26th and California instead of being transferred to the Illinois Department of Corrections beca...

Gathering restrictions to continue in Illinois Illinois will continue with public gathering restrictions in place for the immediate future. Gov. J.B. Pritzker was noncommittal Monday on when the state could move from Phase 4 to his Bridge Phase. On Tuesday morning, the governor joined Chicago city officials to discuss the city’s plans on reopening things further, including a return of the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place. This afternoon, the governor will be in Sparta to promote COVID-19 vaccination. Prison population in Illinois nearly 70% vaccinated Illinois’ prison population is ne...

Staff report Illinois Department of Corrections SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is resuming in-person visitation at its correctional facilities, affording incarcerated people the opportunity to see their loved ones for the first time in more than a year. Visitation will start at Lincoln and Logan Correctional Center on May 3, 2021. IDOC acting director Rob Jeffreys said his top concern was health and well being. “Maintaining family connection is a vital component of an incarcerated person’s mental and emotional well-being,” said Jeffreys. “Because of the ...