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IDOC once again accepting prisoners from county jails

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* You’ll recall the county sheriffs sued the state over its refusal to accept transfers from local jails. Jerry Nowicki at Capitol News Illinois had the eagle eye…

Pritzker’s executive order No. 50 of 2020 — the 46th related to COVID-19 — was signed Monday night, allowing for the transfer of inmates from county jails to IDOC facilities.

With the exception of transfers made at the discretion of the IDOC director, the practice had been on hold since March 26 when the governor signed an order aimed at limiting spread of the virus at state correctional facilities.

An internal IDOC memo issued Monday, when the transfers were to resume, outlined that any prisoner being transferred would be masked, and 50-passenger transfer buses would be limited to carrying 12 inmates, all socially distanced. Temperature checks and testing would be conducted at multiple points.

Someone being transferred to a facility must quarantine for 14 days prior to the transfer, and a COVID-19 test must be performed within 72 hours of the transfer. Proof of a negative test will be sent with the transferee to the new facility.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jul 29, 20 @ 9:57 am

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I’ve always wondered who would want to spend a third of their life working in a Prison or jail?

I wonder how many will find another way to make a less risky “living”?

Comment by Dotnonymous Wednesday, Jul 29, 20 @ 10:14 am
This is hardly the case. If you read the EO and the memo from IDOC you’ll see that this really changes nothing. It gives the IDOC Director authority to refuse any transfer and suspend them all (against state statutes). It also sets forth standards that many county sheriffs can’t meet. Most small jails have no way to quarantine inmates always from others. Current COVID test results are taking 5-7 days to return. How can anyone get a negative test with results guaranteed within 72 hours. The governor’s office knows they’re about to lose in the suit in Logan County and this was only a ploy to try to prolong that ruling.

Comment by Deputy Dog Wednesday, Jul 29, 20 @ 11:00 am

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