The dire description of the 1,324-bed, 385,000-square-foot facility is not the product of inefficient management, the report states, but rather the result of staffing levels that have dwindled for years, now leaving the jail about 50 officers short of the number it opened with in 2007 even though it houses more inmates today.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.