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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 





  
2    WHEREAS, The Pontiac Correctional Center has received IEPA 
3violations on water quality; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Pontiac Correctional Center has had multiple 
5assaults on staff by inmates in 2023; and
 
6    WHEREAS, In 2022, the Executive Inspector General released 
7a report on the work environment at the Pontiac Correctional 
8Center that noted cases of sexual harassment; and
 
9    WHEREAS, In December of 2022, officers at the Pontiac 
10Correctional Center staged a picket in protest of unsafe 
11working conditions; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we call upon the 
14Department Of Corrections to provide a long-term plan for the 
15Pontiac Correctional Center that includes the following:
16        (1) Plans for physical facilities/buildings, including 
17    maintenance needs and  any repair projects planned or 
18    building closures;
19        (2) Planned staffing levels;
20        (3) Planned inmate population levels; and
21        (3) An analysis of  how the Pontiac Correctional Center 
 
 
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1    fits into the overall state correctional system; and be it 
2    further
  
 
3        RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
4    delivered to the Director of the Illinois Department of 
5    Corrections.