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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; and
 
12    WHEREAS, After this issue came to the public's attention, 
13the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) was requested to 
14provide a long-term plan for the Pontiac Correctional Center; 
15one year later, IDOC has failed to do so; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL 
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we call upon the 
18Department Of Corrections to provide a long-term plan for the 
19Pontiac Correctional Center that includes the following:
20        (1) Plans for physical facilities/buildings, including 
 
 
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1    maintenance needs and any repair projects planned or 
2    building closures;
3        (2) Planned staffing levels;
4        (3) Planned inmate population levels; and
5        (3) An analysis of how the Pontiac Correctional Center 
6    fits into the overall state correctional system; and be it 
7    further
 
8    RESOLVED, It is important that plans are made so staff and 
9inmates can operate in a safe and proper environment; and be it 
10further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12delivered to the Director of the Illinois Department of 
13Corrections.