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Joliet No Longer in Running for Private Immigrant Detention Center

June 5, 2013 2427 Views Baylor University, Dan Patrick, David Dunn, Eastern U.S., GSA, Health Care Risk Management, Texas Charter School Association

JOLIET, Ill. — The Corrections Corporation of American (CCA) announced Monday that it will no longer consider Joliet, Ill. as a potential host city for a new immigrant detention center. The Immigration and Enforcement Customs, which would contract CCA to operate the detention center, will continue its search for a Chicago-area site.

The decision comes at a time in which immigration reform is being debated upon and the local lawmakers expressed heavy opposition.

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Illinois Inmates Move to Temporary Housing

March 20, 2013March 20, 2013 2542 Views Eastern U.S., Health Care Risk Management, LEED for Schools, Memorandum of Understanding, Steve Carter, Suffern

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has been in the center of prison closures and has recently added more facilities to its list. Since news broke of Gov. Pat Quinn’s decision to close Tamms Correctional Center, the state’s only supermax prison, Illinois has been in a scramble to deal with the state’s other facilities as well as its increased inmate population.

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Illinois Continues to Battle Over Prison Closures

December 5, 2012 2643 Views Eastern U.S., Health Care Risk Management, LEED for Schools, Suffern

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The topic of prison closures has been an ongoing discussion in Illinois and perhaps an ongoing headache for Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.