SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Sally Turner (R-Beason), State Representative Bill Hauter (R-Morton), and Logan County Board Chair James R Glenn released the following statement after being informed by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) that the agency will be relocating Logan Correctional Center to Stateville.
“We were just informed today that IDOC is moving forward with this ill-advised and devastating decision. Let’s be clear, this is the wrong move for the correctional system, for the staff of the facility, for our communities, and for those who reside at Logan.
“Illinois should be investing in much needed repairs and upgrades to Logan, so that it can best serve its role to rehabilitate people to become productive members of society. Moving the facility will do nothing to improve outcomes for those who are incarcerated there, it will absolutely devastate our local communities, and it will force staff to choose between uprooting their families from their homes or going on unemployment.
“This is one more in a devastating series of blows to hit our community in recent years. We believe in the strength and determination of the people of Logan County and we will continue to fight this decision.”
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