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IL: Families fight closing of Stateville Prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Built north of Joliet in 1925, Stateville is home to 3,280 prisoners and is the closest state correctional facility to Chicago and its growing suburbs. Rather than spend an estimated $100 million to refurbish Stateville to the level of other maximum-security prisons, Blagojevich wants to close the section that houses the most violent criminals and ship them to more secure rural prisons hours away. While the closing could mean the loss of hundreds of jobs at Stateville?and deal a financial hit to the communities around it?state officials acknowledge the blow to families could have the most far-reaching effect." Chicago Tribune Families fight Stateville plan Inmate transfers may cut ties to relatives By Joel Hood | Tribune reporter March 25, 2008 Seven days a week, the families gather in the small visitor's center outside the immense stone walls of the Stateville Correctional Center...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).