Since the prison closed, the eponymous village a couple miles east still looks for an economic north star. Women are still incarcerated in sordid conditions at the prison they were transferred to. Layoff concerns were largely remedied by filling nearby correctional vacancies. And the shell of the prison sits as a sore reminder to some.
While none of us are in favor of medieval conditions in prison, we have to remember these women have done something to land them in a maximum security prison. I’m sure, like the new prisons being proposed, when they opened they were state of the art and as nice as they needed to be. Like public housing, it was soon torn up and we can’t be expected to keep repairing it on a daily basis. If people want to smear whatever everywhere and generally destroy the place to continue their quest to get back at society, let them live with… Read more »
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.
While none of us are in favor of medieval conditions in prison, we have to remember these women have done something to land them in a maximum security prison. I’m sure, like the new prisons being proposed, when they opened they were state of the art and as nice as they needed to be. Like public housing, it was soon torn up and we can’t be expected to keep repairing it on a daily basis. If people want to smear whatever everywhere and generally destroy the place to continue their quest to get back at society, let them live with… Read more »