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SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Pontiac Correctional Center has received IEPA
3violations on water quality; and
4 WHEREAS, The Pontiac Correctional Center has had multiple
5assaults on staff by inmates in 2023; and
6 WHEREAS, In 2022, the Executive Inspector General released
7a report on the work environment at the Pontiac Correctional
8Center that noted cases of sexual harassment; and
9 WHEREAS, In December of 2022, officers at the Pontiac
10Correctional Center staged a picket in protest of unsafe
11working conditions; therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we call upon the
14Department Of Corrections to provide a long-term plan for the
15Pontiac Correctional Center that includes the following:
16 (1) Plans for physical facilities/buildings, including
17 maintenance needs and any repair projects planned or
18 building closures;
19 (2) Planned staffing levels;
20 (3) Planned inmate population levels; and
21 (3) An analysis of how the Pontiac Correctional Center

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3 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 delivered to the Director of the Illinois Department of
5 Corrections.