Bill Text: IL HR0963 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the Auditor General to conduct an audit of the effects of the closing of the Dwight Correctional Center.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-01 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan [HR0963 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0963-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In March of
2013, Governor Quinn ordered the | ||||||
| 3 | closing of the Dwight
Correctional Center in Logan County, near | ||||||
| 4 | Dwight; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The closing of the Dwight Correctional Center was | ||||||
| 6 | claimed to be a cost-saving
measure; it was estimated that $27 | ||||||
| 7 | million annually in operating
costs and nearly $350,000 in | ||||||
| 8 | annual maintenance costs would be saved; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, About 1,000 inmates were transferred from the | ||||||
| 10 | Dwight Correctional Center to the Logan Correctional Center in | ||||||
| 11 | Lincoln; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The property of the Dwight Correctional Center was | ||||||
| 13 | transferred
from the control of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 14 | Corrections to the
Department of Central Management Services in | ||||||
| 15 | July of 2014; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The closure has so far reportedly directly | ||||||
| 17 | affected 355 jobs and
indirectly affected 128 jobs; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, According to a University of Illinois study in | ||||||
| 19 | 2012, such a
closing would have a potential negative impact to | ||||||
| 20 | the local economy of
more than $50 million; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, According to a report by the John Howard | ||||||
| 2 | Association, the
closure has exacerbated overcrowding and has | ||||||
| 3 | not generated any costs
savings for the State; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Corrections claims | ||||||
| 5 | that as much
as $48 million has been saved by the closing of | ||||||
| 6 | the Dwight Correctional
Center; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | the Auditor General is directed to conduct an audit of the | ||||||
| 10 | closing of the Dwight Correctional Center; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | ||||||
| 12 | determining
the fiscal impact on the State of the Dwight | ||||||
| 13 | Correctional Center closing; any cost savings
achieved by the | ||||||
| 14 | closing; and the impact the closure and transfer of
inmates has | ||||||
| 15 | made on the State's correctional system; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That any State agency that may have information | ||||||
| 17 | relevant
to this audit shall cooperate fully and promptly with | ||||||
| 18 | the Auditor General's
Office in the conducting of its audit; | ||||||
| 19 | and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
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| 1 | soon as
practical and report his findings and recommendations | ||||||
| 2 | upon completion
in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||||||
| 3 | 3-14 of the Illinois State
Auditing Act; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | delivered to the
Auditor General.
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