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• INSIGHT Dixon Warden Odie Washington named agency director Gov. Jim Edgar named Dixon Correctional Center Warden Odie Washington as Director of the Iliinois Department of Corrections effective Jan. 16. Washington, 45, also has served as , warden of the East Moline Correcticlflal Center during his 21- ' year career with the department. He took the helm at Dixon in April, 199], after serving nearly five years as warden at East CONTENTS Moline. He also has served since 1991 as a consultant to the American Correctional Association on prison accreditation. Washington was assistant warden of programs at the Pontiac Correctional Center from 1982 until he was promoted to the Fiscal Year 1994 East Moline post. He also served in administrative posts at Stateville Correctional Center, the Illinois Youth Center at St. Charles, the Morris Residential Center and the Annual Report Illinois Youth Center at Valley View. 0 The Department of Corrections Gov. names Director Peters as deputy chief of staff Annual Report with a focus on Gov. Jim Edgar on Dec. 20 appointed Corrections Director Howard A. Peters III to some community service work at serve as one of his deputy chiefs of staff beginning Jan. 16. Peters, serving under various facilities. Chief of Staff Gene Reineke, will playa key role in managing the day-to-day opera­ tions of state government. As deputy chief of staff, Peters will focus on state gov­ ...... page 2 ernment operations in several areas, including public safety and human services. Peters received a Distinguished Service Award from the National Governors Association earlier this year. He became the first African-American to serve as direc­ tor of corrections when Edgar tapped him for the post .in March, 1991. Before taking Second Quarter the helm of the agency, Peters served as warden at Pontiac CC since April, 1988. He was warden of the Sheridan CC since March, 1986, and warden at the Centralia CC Report for FY1995 for the previous two years. He has held numerous positions in the Juvenile Division since joining the Deparhllent in September, 1970, as an educator at the Illinois Youth A look at what has happened • Center at Pere Marquette. since the October report. "Howard's management experience, knowledge and commitment to public service .c •••••••••••••••••••••• : page 66 will be invaluable to me as we continue to make state government more efficient and effective," Edgar said. 0 Governor signs anti-crime bill Governor Jim Edgar signed a bill Dec. 15 increasing penalties for juvenile crime and illegal gun possession, but warned the tougher law means a bigger burden for the criminal justice system. The new juvenile laws that take effect Jan. 1 include: • Creation of secured residential facilities in Illinois, licensed or run by the moc Jim Edgar, Governor to hold violent offenders ages 10 and older. e Making it easier to prosecute 15- or 16-year olds as adults for snious violent Howard A. Peters III, Director Illinois Department of Corrections crimes and major gun, drug, or gang related crimes. • Allowing youths to be held in detention or shelter care for up to 70 days after Larry Mizell they have been arrested and charged with serious offenses. Chief Deputy Director • Imposing a minimum 5-year sentence for 13-16 year olds who commit first Chief Public Information Officer degree murder. Nic Howell • Extending the current 3D-day maximUIh detention for juveniles who are wards of Editor & Art Director the state and commit crimes. Brian Fairchild The bill will permit moc to open a new IS-3D-bed facility specifically for juveniles Editorial Staff Rita Crifasi between 10 and 12 years old. The agency also will be authorized to contract with Belinda Adelman privately operated agencies to house dangerous delinquents in locked residential Illinois Department of Corrections facilities rather than homes administered by the Department of Children and Family 1301 Concordia Court I P.O. Box 19277 Services. Springfield, IL 62794-9277 Corrections officials estimate the new law will cost $15 million and add more than (217)522-2666, ext. 2008 - Fax at ext. 4014 1,000 adults and juveniles into Illinois' already crowded correctional system in the next five years. The juvenile provisions are only part of the bill which also mandates ~ Printed on recycled paper UNION tougher sentences for gun-related crimes, attempts to murder law-enforcement offi- \ J using soybean ink BUG • cers, and for gang crimes and gang recruitment. 0

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2 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS ... ' ...... :'. :., .,. F'Y 1~94 Ni~wsNotes. ":, '.•.... • ~ • ~ ..', I • • • v ",. ~ . . ' . 'It. • • .' Governor signs SB956 that includes task forICe recommendations • Governor Jim Edgar signed Senate Bill 956 Aug. 11 designed to authorize a 500-bed super-maximum security prison to house the state's most dangerous prisoners and to provide incentives for inmates to get involved in programs that will help them stay out of prison. The proposed $60 million super-maximum prison would house the state's most violent prisoners. It is intended to serve as a detention cen­ ter for inmates who attack prison staff and other prisoners. The legislation also increased the number of inmates eligible for boot camps, expands the number of inmates eligible to serve part of their term through electronic monitoring and allows more inmates a chance to reduce their sentences if they participate in education, drug treat­ ment and jobs programs. The rapid growth of the prison population and corrections department budget convinced Governor Jim Edgar to Director Peters, Correctional Officer Castillo form the Task Force on Crime and Corrections in February, 1992. (center) and Gov. Edgar at the Governor's Office Tamms selected as site for new super max prison as Castillo is named 1994 Officer of the Year. Governor Jim Edgar announced Oct. 18 that Tamms in Alexander County has been selected as the site for a 500-bed super maximum­ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• security prison. The prison will cost $60 million to build. The project Castillo named 1994 Correctional Officer of the Year will create between 200-250 construction jobs and will employ 300 peo­ Dixon Correctional Center's Hector Castillo was named ple when completed in 1996. Correctional Officer of the Year by Director Howard A. Director Howard A. Peters III said, "It was a difficult decision to Peters III and Governor Edgar at a ceremony in the make, but I recommended the Tamms u~te for several reasons. It will be Governor's Office on May 5. Correctional Officer Castillo less costly to operate--particularly in the area of utility costs. Its flat was chosen for the award based on his outstanding work topography should facilitate preparation of the site for building and as an inner patrol officer at the prison. He has received .help hold down construction costs. Its population is the most diverse numerous commendations for his professionalism in e of any of the finalists. And the area badly needs the jobs the super max uncovering contraband and quelling disturbances. will provide." . Officer Castillo was recognized as a part of Correctional The unemployment rate in Alexander County for August, 1993, was Officer Week in Illinois which was designated May 1-7 by nearly double that of any other county seeking the facility, and its aver­ proclamation of the Governor. age jobless rate for the year was more than six points higher than any "The courage and compassion shown by these profes­ other applicant. Alexander County also had the greatest percentage of sional men and women is the driving force behind the residents below the poverty level--nearly one-third of its population-­ outstanding correctional system operating in Illinois and had the fewest number of state workers. today," said Edgar.

Inmate health costs cut again with bidding strategy FY1994 budget trims 1 % from Governor's proposal Gov. Jim Edgar announced Feb. 15 that the state has entered into a The FY1994 budget for the department was approved $12.3 million contract with a minority-owned firm to provide health July 13 by the General Assembly, reducing the agency's care to inmates at three downstate correctional centers. The contract is initial budget request by 1%, from $675.2 million to $668.8 the first for inmate health care services between the Department of million. Cuts were made in medical and food contracts, Corrections and a minority-owned firm. The three-year contract with reflecting savings from recently bid contracts, but causing Correctional Healthcare Solutions, Inc., will provide for medical, dental, no reduction in services. Cuts in food, clothing and travel mental health and nursing care for more than 3,100 inmates at the and allowance funding eliminate increases in these areas Lincoln, Logan and Taylorville Correctional Centers. and assumes savings from the new centralized warehouse "We are particularly pleased to have a minority-owned firm success­ for officer and inmate clothing. Correctional Industries fully bid on this medical services '!:ontract," the Governor said. "Over will now pay utility costs at institutions, and federal fund­ the last three years the Department of Corrections has reduced health ing will be extended for the Greene County Impact care costs by $5 million through competition among vendors." Incarceration Program. There will be a slower phase-in of staff at the new West Illinois union labor to build super max Side Community Correctional Center in Chicago, new Gov. Jim Edgar announced in March, 1994, that the Capital work camp staffing is slightly reduced, and a training ses­ Development Board will require contractors and subcontractors on the sion for correctional officer trainees will be deferred for Tamms Correctional Center and Work Camp to sign binding labor one month . agreements with regional unions to hire Illinois workers. These cuts were made to allow the the completion of the • "This good-faith agreement includes a pledge by local trade unions 600-bed Assumption Correctional Center, construction of to not strike, slow down work, picket or allow other work stoppages of three additional cellhouses at existing facilities and con­ any nature. In addition, contractors will agree not to lock out tracles struction of a new super-maximum security prison. people under terms of agreement," said Edgar. a

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 3 ILLINOIS DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT I 1------I - -I Adult Advisory Board 1 OF 1 Juvenile AdviSOry Chlel Internal Auditor J Executive Assistant CORRECTIONS I I J 1--1 I School District 428 1 • 1 Chief of Inter- Board of Education governmental Relations I Inmate Issues ,-- Table of H J I Organization LeGal Services Central Screening 1 I y J April, 1994 1Public Information Officer: y Drug Screening I

CHIEF I DEPUTY DIRECTOR Deputy Director , Adult Il1iithutlons Labor I Relations 1 -{ Employee Services ~rl IAssistant Deputy Directo1-YAssistant Deputy Director 1 Affirmative Adult Insthutlons Adult Insthutlons I Correctlonallndustrlas l- H Action I I I Transfer Coordinator J H Personnel 1 School District 428 H H B!g Muddy River .1 H Hill .1 H Robinson rl Correctional Center Correctional Center Correctional Center 1 r- PayrolV sl y.Timekeeping/Claims

DuQuoin 1 illinois River rl Shawnee rl Deputy Director '4. Work Camp H ~11 I Correctional Center Correctional Center Juvenile Division

H Centralia .1 4Hanna Chy I 4Hardin Co. I I J I I Work Camp Correctional Center Work Camp IYC Juvenile J 1 IYC J IYC 1 Field Services I Harrisburg J Pere Marquette I Vall~l'ylew ] H Danville .1 H Jacksonville rl Sheridan rl Correctional Center Correctional Center H,Correctional Conter IYC tYC IYC 1 I Joliet I I SI. Charles I I Warrenville Greene cO' Stateville rl Work Camp ~ tmpact I H,Correctional Center ~ Incarceration, H Dixon 1'1 Tamms I Deputy Director I Correctional Center Joliet rl Super Max' Community Services H Correctional Center H 1 L

Dwight rl Taylorville rl -.l H Lincoln rl H, Correctional Center H Correctional Center Electronic • Correctional Center Prestart 1 1 1 Detention 1 ~ Kankakee 1 H, Vandalia rl MSU 4Springfield I Correctional Center Work Camp 1 Communhy 1 Correctional Centers H East Moline r 1 Vandalia 1 I Correctional Center Logan rl 4Work Camp H Correctional Center l. Crossroads CCC .. H Jessie "Ma" 1 HI East MOllne 1 Vienna rl f- Houston CCC H PeoriaCCC 1 Work Camp 1 -I Menard rl HICorrectional Center Correctional Center Decatur CCC J- Fox Valley CCC ~ I Metro CCC ~ Southern Illinois 1 East Moline ~I 4Dixon Springs I I CCC YIWork Camp 2 H Menard I Impact H Psychiatric Center Incarceration Urbana CCC Joliet CCC f- !-iWinnebago Ccci HI East St. Louis ,I Western Illinois rl 1 Correctional Center' Pontiac rl Correctional Center Correctional Center 1West Side CCC f- Y Graham .1 Clayton 1 Correctional Center 4Work Camp Deputy Director I Support Services I Deputy Director " Division Finance and l J Administration Division I Manager. Medical Accreditation & IPlanning & Resea~ch ~ Services 1 H Standards I Health Services r-rl H EnVironmental 1 Canine Unit I Internal 1Information Services I-- H Health I InVeStigatio~ Capital Programs Mental I Office Automation 1- Polygraph H I H Health 1 Training Academy r-- H Unh l I Telecommunications f- Food Fiscal Support Services LEADS H 1 1 Inmate Records r' Operations f- H y Unh Substance f-- I Concordia I Systems Development f- Abu&a Maintenance 1 Apprehension H I Policy and Directives I I User Coordination f- I Unit I Management and H Budget Services 'Under Construction .. Contractual • MISSION STATEMENT: "Tile mission of tile Department of Corrections is to protect tile public from criminal offenders through a system of incarceration and supervision which securely segregates offenders from society, assures offenders of tlleir constitutional rights, • and maintains programs to enhance the success of the offender's reentnj into society. " ADMINISTRATORS:

Howard A. Peters III Joanne Perkins Director Deputy Director Juvenile Division Nancy DeMarco Assistant to the Director Marjorie Brown Deputy Director Larry Mizell Community Services Chief Deputy Director Karl R. Becker Leo 1. Meyer Deputy Director Deputy Director Finance and Administration Adult Division David C. Watkins Michael O'Leary Deputy Director Assistant Deputy Director Support Services Adult Division NicHowell Michael Neal Chief Public Information Officer Howard A. Peters III Assistant Deputy Director Director Adult Division Melissa Stutler Chief of Intergovernmental Relations

.------OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR community sent to committed persons. time and 4,004 requests for restoration of Publications are reviewed which may pose time. The total number of requests han­ The Executive Assistant in the Office of a clear and present danger to the security dled by the office in FY1994 was 8,181. the Director has supervision responsibili­ of a prison or which are obscene, as Committed persons who have lost prop­ ties over the Office of Inmate Issues and defined by the United States Supreme erty due to the actions of the Department the Central Screening Office. Court. In FY1994, there were 609 publica­ can receive reimbursement from the The Office of Inmate Issues has the pri­ tions reviewed by the committee. Department through tort claims. If the mary function of overseeing the adminis­ The Administrative Review Board has claim can be verified and documented tration of the committed persons' the responsibility to conduct face-to-face showing that the department was respon­ disciplinary program, which includes hearings and file reviews of grievances sible, then the committed person can reviews of revocation and restoration of a regarding committed persons within the receive reimbursement for the lost or committed person's good conduct credits three major divisions of the Department. destroyed property. In FY1994, $18,466.91 or statutory good time, review of inmate I Complaints are investigated with the in claims were paid to committed persons. grievances through the Administrative inmate and institution receiving the final There were 8,375 volunteers working Review Board, coordination of volunteer disposition. In FY1994, there were 6,953 within the Adult Division. Within the programs, supervision of the Central grievances filed with the Administrative Juvenile Division there were 863 volun­ Publication Review Committee, final reso­ Review Board. teers. Within the Community Services lutions of committed person's tort claims, The Office of Inmate Issues functions as Division, there were 242 volut'"lteers. The approving Impact Incarceration Program the Director's designee in approving com­ total number of volunteers equated to (boot camp) terminations and completions mitted persons' Impact Incarceration 9,480 volunteers contributing 278,742 and implementing the requirements of the Program (boot camp) terminations and hours of service for FY1994. The value of Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) as court certifications of program completion. these volunteer services to the Department it relates to disabled inmates. The office In FY1994, there were 1,161 lIP certifica­ exceeded $1.8 million dollars based on a also assists with development and evalua­ tions processed along with 131 involun­ per hour value of $6.50. tion of new programs for the Adult, tary and 207 voluntary terminations . The Office of Inmate Issues is currently Juvenile and Community Services Part of the administration of the disci­ surveying all facilities to determine ADA Divisions. plinary system includes the revocation and compliance. The office will assist in ensur­ The Central Publication Review Com­ restoration of time to be served in pri~on. ing that inmates with disabilities are pro­ • mittee monitors publications from the free There were 4,177 requests for revocation of vided proper accom..l11odations. Facilities

inSight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 5 are encouraged to use the Office of Inmate Issues as a resource to resolve ADA issues. The Central Screening Office is respon­ sible for the recruitment and testing of cor­ rectional officer candidates and youth supervisor trainee applicants in addition to administering preservice employee and inmate drug testing. During FY1994, 16,701 applicants were scheduled to take the correctional offi­ cer/youth supervisor trainee screening examination. This number is up nearly 50% from FY1993. Of the 16,701 scheduled, 5,601 applicants were tested with 2,535 passing the required examinations and 572 applicants hired. The agency drug testing program was transferred from the Chicago office to the Springfield Central Screening Office in October, 1993. The department contracts Department of Corrections Legislative Liaison Missy Stutler talks to with Smith Kline Beecham Laboratory to State Represenative Thomas Ryder on the rail at the State Capitol. test all employee and inmate urine speci­ mens. During FY1994, 13)31 drug tests Stutler was awarded the IDOC Executive Achievement Award in FY1994. were performed. The results are as fol­ by Director Howard A. Peters III. lows: Employees - 2,442 negative, 21 RX positive, 31 positive, 2A94 total; Inmates - ...... ~ ...... ~ .. 1,143 negative, 15 RX positive, 247 posi­ Department's eight page monthly newslet­ more than 1,000 lawsuits brought predom­ tive, lAOS total; Parolees - 3,280 negative, ter, "Perspectives," and the award winning inantly by inmates. The Department's 20 RX positive, 2,072 positive, 5,372 total; 25-30 pag~ quarterly newsmagazine Legal Services Unit has a staff of attorneys Resident - 2,663 negative, 11 RX positive, "INSIGHT into corrections." who serve as liaisons to the Office of the 1)70 positive, 3,844 total; Juvenile - 15 The Office of Intergovernmental Rela­ Attorney General in these suits and pro- .­ negative, 1 positive, 16 total. tions is the Department of Corrections' vide counsel to the director and other The staff of the Public Information link between the agency, the General senior staff. This year the unit has imple­ Office responded to a large number of Assembly, and the Governor's Office. The mented a new program in conjunction public and media inquiries during FY1994. office contains the Legislative Liaison and with the federal court, to dispose of non­ Three public information officers and a staff. The main function of this office is to meritorious cases at an early stage of liti- secretary fielded approximately 12pOO oversee all legislative matters of interest to gation. To coordinate this project,legal telephone inquiries during the year and the Department. In doing this, the office I offices have been established at Joliet and responded to more than 400 written performs a number of duties. They alert Stateville. In addition, federal judges now requests for public information. In addi­ executive staff and division heads to conduct court proceedings at Stateville tion, staff accompanied the media on more newly introduced bills which affect the and Dixon to determine whether newly than 30 tours of correctional facilities. department, arrange sponsorship for bills filed prisoner cases are frivolous before the The office also processed 521 Freedom that the Department wants introduced and claims are allowed to proceed. of Information requests during FY1994. then try to ensure passage of that bill. The legal services attorneys also repre­ The office was involved in the planning More often, however, this office is busy sent the Department in Human Rights and implementation of numerous public attempting to stop or amend legislation Commission cases brought by employees events including executions and facility harmful to the Department. and applicants who allege to have been the groundbreaking and grand opening cere­ This involves working with House and subject of discrimination. monies. Generating public interest in the Senate staff, interest groups and organiza­ The office reviews aU Department rules Department and its programs is one of the tions as well as the sponsors or legislators and directives, reviews and draft legisla­ office's main objectives. Staff were success­ themselves in order to amend legislation tion, contracts and training modules. The ful in efforts this year, securing several when deemed necessary or draft new leg­ Legal Services Division provides a wide outstanding media pieces and a large islation if needed. The liaisons also array of training to all levels of staff, number of newspaper articles and televi­ arrange for the department to be repre­ including use of force training to correc­ sionspots. sented when testimony on a bill is tional officer trainees and tactical team PIO staff were kept especially busy required. The Office of Intergovernmental members, publication review training, responding to inquiries from the media Relations also assists legislators on correc­ mailroom training, middle management regarding inmate sandbagging efforts dur­ tions-related problems and questions from training, chaplaincy training, and disci- • ing the devastating floods that hit the their constituents. plinary training for Adjustment Midwest during FY1994. The Department continues to be con­ Committee Chairpersons. The office continues to publish the fronted with the expense of defending The Internal Audit Unit provides the

.:; JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS Director of the Department of Corrections I agement and communicating results of inmates incarcerated within the Illinois and other agency managers with a high audit work to management. The Internal Department of Corrections' adult correc­ degree of comfort and assurance regarding Audit Unit has begun to examine ways to tional facilities. the effectiveness of the Department's reengineer the internal audit process . Correctional Industries is required to major internal control systems. The unit Internal auditing adds value to the operate in accordance with good business operates under the requirements of tl-te Department by providing managers with practices and principles as all of the funds •• Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act analysis, appraisals, recommendations, available to support its programs are gen­ and the Standards for the Professional counsel and information concerninf, the erated by sales of its products. Sound man­ Practice of Internal Auditing. The Fiscal activities reviewed. agement practices have allowed the Control and Internal Auditing Act requires continued expansion of industry goods audits of major systems of internal CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR and services while paying careful attention accounting and administrative control be to ftmd availability. Industry staff remain conducted on a periodic basis so that all The past year saw the complete devel­ committed to providing quality products major systems are reviewed at least once opment and operation of the Illinois in a timely manner at a competitive price. every two years. Correctional Industries' Central The ongoing progress of Illinois The Internal Audit Unit coordinates the Warehouse. Implementation of this impor­ Correctional Industries would not be pos­ annual certification of the Department's tant program has already resulted in sig­ sible without the support of the members internal control structure. Management is nificant savings to the department through of the General Assembly and the contin­ responsible for establishing and maintain­ more efficient management of its clothing ued loyalty of many customers. ing effective systems of internal control. inventories. Correctional Industries will School District 428 has completed more Each year the Internal Audit Unit continue to refine the operational proce­ than 23 years of educational service within reviews and modifies the comprehensive dures of the warehouse and has plans to the Illinois Department of Corrections. questionnaires used by correctional cen­ increase the number of products available School District 428 provides education ser­ ters and other organizationel units in the for distribution through the warehouse vices to more than 10,000 adult and 1,600 internal control evaluation. Results of program. juvenile offenders per month in programs completed questionnaires, internal audits Consistent with the mandate of the ranging from functional literacy achieve- and external compliance audits form the Illinois General Assembly, Illinois basis for the Department's certification to Correctional Industries continued to the Auditor General regarding the effec­ expand its environmentally sensitive tiveness of the Department's internal con­ recycling efforts during FY1994. trol systems and corrective action for any Examples of these efforts include: material control weaknesses. clean-up of tire dumps, removal of During FY1994, the audit unit hired an tire road scrap, recapping of truck ,~ • experienced electronic data processing tires, production of TDP (Tire Derived audit supervisor. EDP audit work in Fuel) and playground material, distri­ FY1994 focused on the new fund account­ bution of re-refined oil and antifreezp ing and commissary trading system and and pick-up of used oil and the department's local area networks. In antifreeze. Developmental planning addition to scheduled internal audits of of a white goods (household appH corr~ctional facilities, the audit unit was ances) recycling program was com­ asked to perform several special projects, pleted during FY1994 and the in:luding the review of a Significant program was implemented in early inmate commissary theft and assisting in FY199S. Continued expansion of this the revision of a center's inventory operat­ effort is anticipated throughout the ing proc"dures. coming year. This program will pro­ The Internal Audit Unit is the liaison vide a significant service to a large between the Department and the Office of number of Individual households the Auditor General. In FY1994, the audit and local governments. unit coordinated the Department's activi­ In accordance with longstanding ties regarding two external performance plans, the number of inmates on audits, the management audit of Illinois assignment to Correctional1'ldustries Correctional Industries and the state hous­ increased more than 14% in FY1994. ing benefits audit. Additionally, growth in inmate With the growth in the number of facili­ assignments will continue to receive ties and the increased complexity of func­ high priority in FY199S. The new East tions and programs, fundamental changes Moline white goods recycling pro- Shredded tires make an excellent must be made in the way audits are select­ gram and the planned start up of a playgound cover, protecting young­ ed and performed while continuing to data entry operation at Taylorville are sters from injuries. Correctional pursue the ongoing objectives of detecting continuing examples of Correctional Industries supplies the material. actual and potential problems on time, Industries' efforts to provide addi- • effectively resolving problems with man- tional meaningful assignments for insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 7 ment to four-year college programs, as well as employment and pre-release preparation. While crowding continues to present problems, the academic and voca­ tional programs in each institution provid­ ed quality educational opportunities to more than 34,000 inmates and youths dur­ .' ingFY1994. As the numbers of offenders increased within the Department, School District 428 was able to hire staff to reduce the number of inmates on educational waiting lists. While populations increased by the end of the fiscal year to 1,533 in the Juveplle Division and 35,614 in the Adult Division, waiting lists for ABE and GED programs were reduced by 51 %. Over 3,145 juvenile and 31,558 adult offenders were served by 804 instructional and support staff during FY1994. A total of 247 eighth grade diplomas, 17 lye-Harrisburg Superintendent IVlonty Field and Shool District 428 high school diplomas, 2,166 GED certifi­ Principal LeAnn Miller award GED diplomas during one of several cates, 851 school district vocational certifi­ graduation ceremonies held at the youth center each year. cates, 2,170 college vocational certificates, 432 associate degrees and 70 bachelor •••••••••• It ...... degrees were awarded. During the year, 762 students with disabilities were identi­ fied and served in special education pro­ would provide lifeskills training, GED Classroom Teacher, and Educational grams in both the Juvenile and Adult instruction, and vocational training, assist Service Personnel. Another educator was Divisions. ex-offenders referred by the Department of selected by the Correctional Education All inmates entering the Adult Division Corrections in re-entering the community Association as the Illinois Teacher of the .' take the Test of Adult Basic Education by offering classes in personal budgeting, Year and was recognized at the Region III (TABE), a standardized achievement test, family crisis resolution, communication Correctional Education Association confer- to determine program placement and skills, job seeking and keeping skills, as ence that was held in Michigan. mandatory education status. During well as assistance in job placement, food School District 428, long recognized as a FY1994, 23,164 inmates were administered and shelter assistance, and spiritual devel­ national leader in correctional education, the TABE. Of those tested, 6,086 inmates opment. continues to provide quality education to (30.2%) scored below the sixth grade During the final days of FY1994, the U.S. students within the Department of achievement level in reading and math Congress was close to passing the Crime Corrections, helping to prepare them for and were identified as requiring adult Bill which would impact on the school dis­ successful reintegration to the free world. basic education. trict by eliminating approximately $3.8 The Office of Affirmative Action moni­ Earned Good Conduct Credits continues million in Pell Grant funding for college­ tors agency compliance with state and fed­ to have a significant impact on the depart­ level programming. This amendment eral equal employment opportunity laws ment by allowing release of students who would ban state and federal inmates from and regulations. This office develops an complete academic, vocational or college applying for Pell Grants while incarcerat­ annual affirmative action plan which is educational goals. During this fiscal year, ed. submitted to the Illinois Department of 10,189 requests were made to award good Numerous School District 428 staff Human Rights and distributed within the time to students completing or showing members contribute generously with their agency. The Office of Affirmative Action successful progress toward completion of time to community volunteer programs. assisted in the development and presenta­ education-oriented goals, resulting in Several school district employees were tion of a cultural diversity training pro­ 266,507 days (730.2 years} of sentence selected throughout the year by First Lady gram for employees. The office also reduction. Given the current cost to tax­ Brenda Edgar as recipients of the State coordinates the Employee Assistance payers of one year of incarceration per Employees "Reach Out" Award program Program. inmate ($16,000), the FY1994 Earned Good in recognition of their volunteer contribu­ The Employee Services Unit encom­ Conduct Credit days awarded saved the tions. Individuals from School District 428 passes three areas consisting of the Labor state an estimated $11,682,498. received awards at the Illinois State Board Relations Office, the Central Personnel As the fiscal year came to a close, the of Education's "Those Who Excel" ban­ Office, and Timekeeping/Payroll/Workers school board approved a decision to fund quet in Chicago on Oct. 2, 1993. These Compensation. • several Lifeskills Centers within various individuals were recognized for their The Labor Relations Office coordinates communities through Carl Perkins fund­ excellent contribution in the categories of all third level grievance hearings submit- ing. In general, the Lifeskills Centers Parent or Other Community Member, ted to the Director for review. The office

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provides daily technical assistance to man­ Senior Public Services Administrator. They and placement designations of all adult agers on subjects of contract interpreta­ also completed all necessary papeiwork to inmates within the Department. This cur­ tion, employee discipline, case implement a reorganization within the rently encompasses 24 adult institutions, preparation, and local grievance hearings. Community Services Division, Fiscal 11 work release centers, electronic deten­ I. Close working relationships are main­ Support and Budget Management. tion and three impact incarceration pro­ tained with the Department of Central The Benefits Office was involved in the grams. Management Services and the Attorney implementation of the Federal Medical Inmates are moved on a daily basis General's Office which represent agency Leave Act (FMLA), the new through statewide coordination of the cases as they advance through the maternity /paternity leave, and new vision Central Transportation Unit. This consists grievance, civil service or judicial arenas. care program. There were several new of a fleet of 22 buses as well as a cargo van The office represents the agency at all col­ health carriers and expanded areas for and a backup vehicle for each bus. Over lective bargaining sessions with labor other health carriers this benefit year 4,000 inmates and up to 1,500 correctional organizations and provides ongoing train­ which resulted in over 5,000 changes being officer trainees are moved each month. ing to supervisory staff on those negotiat­ made for employees during the Benefits The Transfer Coordinator's Office is ed agreements. involved from the reception to the release The Central Personnel Office was auto­ • •••••••••••••••••• of each inmate in a number of ways. The mated this year which has greatly aided in During FY1994, there were office determines not only the initial place­ responding to the large volume of ment, but also the inmate's continued inquiries from in,erested Illinois citizens 16,447 personnel documents placement and movement throughout concerning testing, grading, and eligibility processed to ensure all incarcera tion. for hire at Department facilities. This process involves the review of each Special activities that the Central employee personal records inmate's file to determine the appropriate Personnel Office has been involved in placement which must include a balance include: design of job information are accurate and up-to-date. between inmate needs and the protection brochures for the Tamms groundbreaking To assist facilities in hiring, and safety of the public. The office reviews event, coordination of hiring efforts for the up to 7,500 transfer requests a month. new East St. Louis Correctional Center, an electronic requisition sys- In addition, the Transfer Coordinator's conducting statewide training on the tem was implemented which Office is responsible for overseeing the newly negotiated AFSCME contract, as awarding of meritorious good time (MGT) · well as annual training on new personnel shortens the length of time and supplemental meritorious good time . issues, rewriting of the Corrections Food to receive listings of candi­ (SMGT) to inmates who are recommended e Services Supervisor open-competitive for the awards. Approximately 300,000 examination, coordination of the develop- dates for vacancies. days of MGT and SMGT are processed ment of a new examination for the each month. Upward Mobility test for correctional lieu­ •••••••••••••••• 0 •• Another means used to help address the tenant, and implementation of a new population problem is the screening and employee orientation program for Choice Period. A new insurance orienta­ coordinating of inmates to be placed in the Concordia Court. tion program was implemented at the impact incarceration program, community During FY1994, there were 16,447 per­ Training Academy for new COTs/YSTs. correctional centers, and the electronic sonnel documents processed to ensure all In-depth three day training sessions were detention program. Currently, there are employee pe t sonal records are accura te held for new insurance staff. 2,600 inmates participating in these alter­ and up-to-date. To assist facilities in hir­ The Payroll Office generates over 12,000 ative programs. ing, an electronic requisition system was payroll warrants twice each month. Due to The maximum segregation status pro­ implemented which shortens the length of various collective bargaining requirements gram and the special management unit are time to receive listings of candidates for and complex work schedules, over 80% of monitored by the Transfer Coordinator's vacancies. Inactive personnel records are all employees' pay must be adjusted each Office as well as coordinating the move­ being microfilmed for historical record­ pay period. Involuntary and voluntary ment of inmates that are deemed to be keeping. deductions such as garnishments, savings extremely high escape risks. Hundreds of To streamline the RC-06 transfer pro­ bonds and charitable contributions are inmates are moved each month to f::cilitate gram a lottery drawing for new also processed by the Payroll Office. court writs. The office responds to _aver­ COTs/YSTs was implemented at the The Worker's Compensation area is age of 1,500 pieces of correspondence each Training Academy in September, 1993. responsible for providing benefits to month. This eliminates the need to re-draw when injured employees so that they do not suf­ Ihe Transfer Coordinator's Office also is moving to a different facility. fer losses as the result of a work reiated in charge of the Central Office Motor Pool. The classification staff established all the injury. This includes loss of wages due to This includes the scheduling and mainte­ new positions for East St. Louis disability, hospital and treatment expenses, nance of all automobiles for the Concordia Correctional Center and Tamms Work and any other reasonable costs related to Complex plus servicing executive staff • Camp so hiring could begin. They had to the injury. automobiles. coordinate the rewriting efforts of all job The Transfer Coordinator's Office coor­ descriptions that fell under the new title of dinates the initial and subsequent security

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DIVISION OF FINANCE responsible for training application users The Operations Section runs a 24-hour AND ADMINISTRATION and helping them solve problems in using seven-day-a-week computer room at the the application. User Coordination is also Concordia complex and provides technical The Planning and Research Unit pro­ responsible for providing users with non­ support to all of the Department's comput- • vides data analysis, program evaluation, standard reports for the data stored in all er systems users. This group now supports and policy analysis to support departmen­ applications. a network of over 1,400 devices. tal staff in their deciSion-making. The applications supported by these The Office Automation Section is Throughout the year, staff prepare two sections include: the Offender responsible for supporting all local pro­ numerous documents, special reports, and Tracking System, the Juvenile Tracking cessing. Local processing includes word presentations to delineate major issues for System, the Budgetary Accounting and processing, spreadsheets, small database the Director and executive staff, the Reporting System, the Inmate Trust Fund systems, and the operation of Local Area Governor's Office and the legislature. System, the Automated Inventory Networks. These include annual impact incarceration Management System, the Roster In FY1994, Office Automation support­ program reports, Human Services Plans, Management System, the Property Control ed over 800 microcomputers, many of Statistical Presentations, and overviews of System, the Composite Listing of Incidents which are networked together locally and other specific programs or populations. and Crimes, and several other smaller sys­ over the wide area network. Installation of The annual update of population projec­ tems. new networks included Danville, Dixon, tions was completed. As part of the pro­ Dwight, Joliet, Menard Psychiatric, Pontiac cess in updating projections, staff simulate ...... ~ ...... and Stateville. In addition, the local area numerous policy options to explore possi­ network (LAN) at Concordia was expand­ ble sentencing options and alternatives to During FY1994 the Fiscal ed extensively. The LANs at Taylorville prison. These data provide the impetus for and Robinson were also expanded to allow population planning, budgeting, and iden­ Support Unit was involved the installation of the Commissary System. tification of future capital needs. with several innovative pro­ The Office Automation Section proviJes Additionally, the unit is responsible for training to LAN and microcomputer users. developing research designs for use in jects which provided more Last year, they trained 547 staff in the use evaluations of the impact incarceration effective and efficient use of of word processing, spreadsheets, and program, residential drug treatment pro­ database systems for microcomputers. grams, PreStart, and classification systems. resources. The Vehicle The Telecommunications Section is Staff are actively involved in coordinating Rebuild Program has extend­ responsible for the acquisition, operation research projects with professionals and and maintenance of the telephone, radio, • academicians in the criminal justice field. ed the useful life of vehicles and security television system used by the . Throughout the year, planning and department. In total, there are over 10,000 research staff analyze hundreds of legisla­ through an aggressive repair pieces of telecommunications equipment tive bills, review numerous research and maintenance program. in the Department worth over $7 million. requests, and respond to hundreds of During the year, the section continued information requests...... ~ .... . to maintain the radios used by the In addition to their departmental duties, Department for hand held communica­ the staff of Planning and Research actively In the past year, these sections complet­ tions within the facilities and for mobile participate in volunteer activities. One ed the preliminary testing and modifica­ communication while transporting staff member is the treasurer of the Illinois tiCJns of the Juvenile and Offender inmates outside the facilities. Nearly 2, 000 Correctional Association, works on ll-te Tracking System to accommodate the new radios were repaired statewide. Program Committee and teaches a Illinois Compiled Statutes, the new In FY1994, the telecommunications staff research class at a local university and earned-time provisions of Senate Bill 956, joined with the other agencies, which are Mother is moc Coordinator for the SECA DNA testing of inmates, and installed major users of radios, to develop a long­ Campaign. enhancements to the Call Pass and range plan for radio communications. This The Information Services Unit is Activity Card modules of the Offender study will continue through FY1995 and responsible for managing the Tracking System. The pilot project for the into FY1996. Department's automation and communi­ new Inmate Commissary system was com­ All of the sections worked cooperatively cations systems. The Unit is made up of pleted and installation in the remainder of to update the Department's Disaster five sections which include: Development the adult and juvenile facilities begun. Recovery PlaIl. This plan lays out all activ­ and Maintenance, User Coordination, The User Coordination Section trained ities to recover both microcomputer and Operations, Office Automation, and 585 staff in the use of the Offender and mainframe-based systems if they were Telecommunications . Juvenile Tracking Systems, and nearly 200 destroyed by a man made or natural disas­ The Development and Maintenance other staff in various automated systems. ter. Section is responsible for designing, cod­ They responded to 53 special requests for During 1994, the Management and ing and testing all new statewide comput­ information from the Department's auto­ Budget Unit was formed through the con­ er applications and the maintenance of mated systems, including several continu­ solidation of the Budget Services Unit, the • existing applications. ing projects to provide support for the Procurement Section and the Accounting The User Coordination Section is Legal Services Unit. Section from the former Fiscal Services

10 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS Unit. It is through this consolidation that revenue budgeting, accounting, procure­ The Fiscal Support Unit also manages the management of the Department's fiscal ment, asset management and vouchering several statewide functions which include resources can be maintained and adminis- for the above divisions. repair and maintenance, tort claims, tered in an efficient and cost effective man- The new unit takes distinct advantage of records retention and forms management. •. nero existing operating capabilities of the In the area of repair and maintenance, the The Budget Services Section continues General Office Business Office and facili­ unit developed in-house procedures to to be responsible for the development of tates the effort to provide concentrated standardize and provide consistent man­ the Department appropriations request, supervision and support of field offices. agement and monitoring of projects for all coordination of the request through the The addition of the Community Services facilities. Through the use of a PC base, Bureau of the Budget and the legislature, Division is the most significant change database project stiltus is monitored from and the implementation and monitoring of providing that division with broader approval to compktion enabling improved the budget after it has been signed by the based fiscal management and greater monitoring, timely completion and appro­ Governor. Staff continue to work with an resources to give depth and continuity for priate capitalization and accolmting of increasing demand for fiscal resources and daily fiscal operations. over 100 projects. an increasing population. During FY1994 the Fiscal Support Unit Tort claims are reviewed and approved The Procurement Section was instru­ was involved with several innovative pro­ and processed for payment for legal settle­ mental in the process to award a major jects which provided the Department with ment, employee personal property dam­ medical contract for inmate health services more effective and efficient use of age, inmate grievances and the result of to a wholly owned minority firm during resources. These projects involved the Administrative Review Board hearings. In FY1994. The Procurement Section contin­ FY1994, 334 tort claims were approved ues involvement in and focus on compli­ •••••• e.a •••••••••• and paid. The Office Services Section of ance with sound purchasing practices Fiscal Support manages the Department's which yields contracts with responsible Central Warehousing of 18,000 forms. Over the past year 601 new vendors who provide the most cost effec­ officer and inmate cloth­ forms were approved, 236 revised and tive services. Significant savings continue 2,270 forms deleted. to be realized in the bidding process for ing was another project A PC based program has been devel­ major services contracts, such as dietary, that came into full opera­ oped and is being used to automate and medical, substance abuse treatment and provide improved management over substance abuse testing. tion this last year with an forms. Over the next year there will be a The Accounting Section is responsible major effort to begin standardization of . for the accounting and vouchering func­ estimated saving of $1.5 many in-house forms to reduce printing • tions within the Department. During million. The Central costs, reduce inventories and eliminate FY1994, the Accow1ting Section continued obsolete forms. testing and installing the Fund Accounting Warehouse allows for Opening new facilities continues to be a and Commissary Trading System (FACTS) minimizing inventories major responsibility of the Fiscal Support that automates the recordkeeping for com­ Unit. Currently field support staff are missaries, benefit funds, inmate trust at each facility working on the opening of the East St. funds and inmate payroll in a single inte­ Louis Correctional Center and Tamms grated system. The Accounting Section ••••••••••••••••••• Correctional Center Work Camp, sched­ also used FACTS to initiate participation Vehicle Rebuild Program which has been a uled for opening in the Spring of 1995. In by adult institutions in the National cost effective practice to extend the useful addition the unit is providing assistance School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. life of vehicles through an aggressive and technical support for the opening of During FY1994, the Accounting Section repair and maintenance program. Central the housing units at the Kankakee reconciled the Department's accounting Warehousing of officer and inmate cloth­ Minimum Security Unit, Sheridan records with those of the Office of the ing was another project that came into full Correctional Center, Western illinois Comptroller for three separate funds and operation this last year with an estimated Correctional Center and illinois River 57 appropriations. Also, the section audit­ saving of $1.5 million. The Central Correctional Center. Future projects will ed, approved and processed for the Office Warehouse allows for minimizing invento­ include a new 200-bed work release center of the Comptroller over 116,200 vouchers ries at each facility and provides appropri­ in Peoria and the Juvenile Division boot for payments to vendors and employees. ate warehousing for Correctional camp in Murphysboro. The Fiscal Support Unit is a new unit Industries to improve production practices The Office of Health Services sets stan­ created in February, 1994, as part of a reor­ and maintain consistent delivery of goods. dards for the delivery of inmate health ganization within the Division of Finance Additionally, Fiscal Support has aggres­ care and evaluates the care provided and Administration. Fiscal Support is the sively sought out surplus equipment and throughout the correctional system. result of consolidating business operations commodities from state, federal and pri­ Specific areas covered included preventive for General Office, Community Services vate sources. These efforts have saved over medicine and public health, mental health, Division, Juvenile Field Services, new $250,000 in General Revenue and Capital primary and secondary medical care, sub­ facility start-up duties and Concordia Development Board funds in opening of stance abuse education and treatment, • Complex operations. The Fiscal Support new facilities and replacing equipment at dietary management, and occupational Unit's responsibility is to manage general existing locations. health and safety.

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 11 The Department strives to maintain or groups of inmates with similar needs into mary areas. These include additions to improve the health status of the inmate selected institutions, obviating the need to prison system capacity, replacement/ population while providing a safe work­ routinely provide all specialized services improvement of current facilities and ing and living environment for both at all institutions. ongoing repair and maintenance pro- .' inmates and staff. Lifestyle-related illness­ All health services Administrative grams. es, including AIDS, TB, heart disease, and Directives were updated to more accurate­ Additionally, the Capital Programs Unit the long term consequences of drug and ly reflect standards in the outside medical oversees and implements the programs alcohol abuse, continued to be major areas community. A new policy on the use of and requirements of other state agencies of focus. Prevention efforts through educa­ advanced directives provides a method for such as the Illinois Environmental tion and early intervention were main­ inmate patients to execute living wills. Protection Agency, State Water Survey, tained, along with aggressive treatment Sex offender treatment was significantly Departments of Energy and Natural programs for those suffering from the ill­ expanded with the opening of a 100-bed, Resources, PubHc Health and State Fire nesses. residential treatment program at Big Marshal's Office. HIV-related illness remains a major Muddy River Correctional Center. This In FY1994, the unit oversaw $1.45 mil­ problem in the inmate population and has project is funded by a federal grant lion in expendihlres for 129 projects in become the number one cause of death through the Illinois Criminal Justice repair and maintenance and over $158 mil­ among inmates. After a very successful Information Authority and incorporates a lion in expenditures at 223 new and ongo­ AIDS peer education pilot was instituted comprehensive, multi-disciplinary ing bond-funded projects. Beginning in at Stateville Correctional Center, funding approach to sex offender treatment. 1978, and including all projects currently was obtained to set up similar programs Substance abuse treatment continued to funded and under construction through throughout the state. expand with the addition of 220 residential FY1996, the unit will have overseen the Tuberculosis control remains a major treatment beds at Sheridan Correctional construction and/ or renovation of over public health hazard in the community. Center. This program is a joint project 15,725 beds in new prisons. Over $295 mil­ Through an annual mandatory TB testing involving the Departments of Corrections lion has been spent to upgrade and main­ program for both inmates and staff, the and Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, and tain the existing department facilities since Department has managed to escape the Treatment Alternatives for Special Clients FY1978. problems encountered in many other cor­ (TASe). The Department also increased A priority in FY1994 and FY1995 is the rectional systems. Because of the liaison outpatient treatment through new pro­ upgrading of utilities to accommodate with the Illinois Department of Public grams s~affed by certified staff members at increased population at IYC-St. Charles, Health, corrections has been able to utilize Danville, Dixon, East Moline, Illinois IYC-Joliet, Dixon, East Moline, Logan, the special services of the IDPH laborato­ River, Taylorville, Vandalia, and Vienna. Hanna City Work Camp, Lincoln, Vienna, • ries which, through DNA probe technolo­ Under the direction of the new Menard and Menard Psychiatric facilities. ' gy, can reduce the time for final diagnosis Department Sanitarian, routine safety and In addition a major departmental under- from weeks to days. sanitation visits were made to all institu­ taking was initiated to bring the facilities Many institutions continued to achieve tions, monitoring compliance with federal into compliance with Americans with and maintain accreditation from the Joint and state standards, rules, and regulations. Disabilities Act requirements. Commission on Accreditation of Also monitored were CDC guidelines The construction of the East St. Louis Healthcare Organizations aCAHO), relating to respiratory isolation, dentistry Correctional Center as well as the Tamms attaining compliance with the same stan­ and infection control. The office assisted work camp and Kankakee Minimum dards sets for clinics in the community. with ACA accreditation efforts in matters Security Unit are expected to be completed In spite of steadily increasing healthcare of storage and use of toxic substances, in FY1995. The cellhouse additions at costs, the Department has managed to food sanitation, nutrition, and occupation­ Illinois River, Western Illinois and hold the line through competitive bidding al health and safety. Sheridan Correctional Centers are also for comprehensive health services con­ A statewide clinical dietetics manual expected to be completed in FY1995. The tracts. Two new vendors have been added was developed and distributed to all insti­ rehabilitation of the Joliet West Cellhouse to the pool. Although too costly when pre­ tutions to assist in the prescribing and and construction of a juvenile boot camp viously bid, health services for Menard preparation of therapeutic diets. in Murphysboro will begin in FY1995. In Correctional Center and Menard Finally, a statewide formula was devel­ addition, major rehabilitation will begin at Psychiatric Center were successfully oped to provide complete continuity of Menard, Vienna, Stateville, Pontiac, and obtained at a significant savings. By com­ care when an inmate is transferred from lYC-Joliet in FY1995. bining the activities from both of these one institution to another. institutions into a consolidated health care The Capital Programs Unit is responsi­ unit, resources can be better deployed ble for coordinating, planning, and super­ while maintaining quality and preventiPg vising the Department's construction, duplication of services. renovation and maintenance projects. The Department continued to use the The unit works closely with staff of the annual Special Needs Survey as a tool to Capital Development Board, to oversee determine overall healthcare needs and prison construction projects. The make further projections. The information Deparhnent's capital plan has been devel­ has also allowed concentration of certain oped to address capital needs in three pri- •

12 JANUARY 1995 J insight INTO CORRECTIONS DIVISION OF Police District 4, Fugitive Section, in the closures. SUPPORT SERVICES apprehension of subjects who are wanted Also during the FY1994 period, the by both departments. The unit has partici­ Fugitive Apprehension Unit continued to The Canine Unit serves as a support pated in two successful FIST operations. use the contractual services of the U. S. function for Department administrators in The Fugitive Apprehension Unit is still Marshal's Service Cooperative Agreement the Adult, Juvenile and Community structured to respond 24 hours a day, 365 program, and increased usage of private Services Divisions by assisting to improve days a year to service needs of the agency contractors to return fugitives to lllinois, at • the safety and security of all instihltions. including escape responses, operational the least amount of expense possible. Forty The three Canine Specialists make daily support services, and warrant transporta­ fugitives were contracted with the U. S. unannounced inspections of Department tion services of committed inmates. The Marshall's, 12 with private contractors, facilities searching cells, common areas, 800 number warrant request line call is and seven extraditions by the Fugitive perimeter areas and vehicles for contra­ now standard procedure for county and Apprehension Unit. band items. The unit also responds to all municipalities to request warrants on com­ The Office of the Chief Record Officer requests for assistanCe in tracking mitted inmates/releasees. is responsible for monitoring inmate escapees, records for the Adult and Juvenile

During FY1994, the Canine Unit con­ •••••••••••••••••• 0 Divisions . ducted 511 searches. As a result of those The office is responsible for implement­ searches, many major contraband items ing and monitoring statutes relative to were removed consisting of weapons, Record offices have been inmate commitments and sentence calcula­ alcohol, cash and narcotics. In addition, tions. In addition, the record office acts as 10,716 minor contraband items were locat­ responsible for receiving and the conduit between the institutional ed and confiscated, 350 stop orders were calculating 21,621 inmate sen­ record offic and city, county, state and issued, 34 arrests were made, 10 handguns federal law ,-_uorcement and judicial sys­ found, explosives equivalent to four and tences and have processed tems. one-half sticks of dynamite found and 555 18,941 inmates to parole ... The inmate master record files are main­ disciplinary tickets written. Sixty-eight tained at the institution in which the special request searches were also con­ In addition, Adult Division inmates are incarcerated, and the record ducted. record offices have processed offices at the facilities are responsible for In addition to the duties mandated by day-to-day recordkeeping activities. the Department, the Canine Unit has his­ 9,658 medical furloughs and During FY1994 the Adult Division torically caken a pro-active approach to record offices have been responsible for assisting communities by providing assis­ 8,927 inmates for court receiving and calculating 21,621 inmate tance in locating nursing home walk-a­ appearances. sentences and have proceJsed for release • ways, missing/lost children and local 18,941 inmates to parole, mandatory fugitives. The unit also continues to work ••••••••••••••••••• supervised release, discharge, death or per extensively with the Department's court order. In addition, Adult Division Training Academy in joint training ses­ Investigators from the Fugitive record offices have processed 9,658 medi­ sions of SERT and Tactical Training. Apprehension Unit continue to process cal furloughs and 8,927 inmates for court The Fugitive Appn~hension Unit began increasing numbers of requests, coordinate appearances. Juvenile facilities received FY1994 with a total investigative and actions with parole services when war­ and calculated sentences for 1,817 resi­ supervisory staff of 11, supported by three rants are not issued, and serve Notice of dents and processed 1,624 for release. clerical personnel and the operation of Charges to inmates who are placed on The Chief Record Officer also ensures field offices in Springfield, East St. Louis warrant status. There were 81 warrants information relating to record office func­ and Rockford. The main headquarters in issued and 53 warrants denied for a total tions is gathered and disseminated to Chicago provides services for Cook of 134 warrants requested. appropriate Department entities such as County and collar counties. During FY1994, the Fugitive Apprehen­ Community Correctional Centers, parole The unit continued to provide a wide sion Unit received a total of 1,458 new services, Inmate Issues, the educational variety of services to the agency including cases; 231 received from the Adult department, the Transfer Coordinator's high risk security transports of committed Division and Parole services, 879 cases Office and the Information Systems Unit. inmates; locating and apprehending from Community Correctional Centers, 24 During FY1994, the Internal inmates of the Adult and Juvenile cases from the Juvenile institutions, and Investigations Unit conducted 261 crimi­ Divisions who were placed in warrant sta­ 323 from Juvenile Field Services. nal and administrative investigations. tus; security escorts for court, funeral and During this same period, the Fugitive Included in these efforts were one murder hospital details; extradition of committed Apprehension Unit closed a total of 1,344 case, eight solicitation to commit murder, inmates who were in custody in foreign warrant cases. These closures included 247 three attempted escapes, one conspiracy to jurisdictions, and operational support hands-on arrests of fugitives, 908 closures escape, four suicides, one attempted sui­ activities to other agency units such as by administrative actions or arrests by cide, one arson and 34 investigations sur­ Investigations, Canine, and the Training other jurisdictions, and 195 warrants with­ rounding the introduction of drug related Academy. The Fugitive Apprehension drawn. The remainder of the closures were contraband into Department facilities. • Unit works closely with the lllinois State extradition cases and other miscellaneous In addition, the unit provided security insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 13 and assistance in the Will County trial and various policy review committees and bers. The standard numbers are placed on conviction of inmate David Starks for assisted the new Standards and audit questionnaires to reflect both agency murdering State ville employee Frank Accreditation Unit in the development of directive and rule requirement and ACA Kush. The unit continued to maintain a updated audit questionnaires. requirement. The result is that compliance 100% conviction rate on cases prosecuted, The StarLdards and Accreditation Unit with internal agency policies reflects com­ obtaining a total of 32 arrests/indictments began FY1994 with two important goals. pliance with the American Correctional and 20 convictions. In addition to inves­ One, to ensure accreditation/reaccredita­ Association mandatory standards. tigative activity, the unit has become an tion status is attained for all facilities The unit initially visited every adult • important liaison with federal, state and scheduled for review; and two, to ensure facility, juvenile facility, community correc­ local law enforcement authorities, provid­ formulation of a program outlining exter­ tional center, work camp, and boot camp ing updated intelligence information for nal policy reviews for all Department facil­ during the months of February, March and investigators. ities. April 1994. The purpose of these visits was The polygraph support function of the Facilities receiving reaccreditation status to review each facility's internal audit pro­ Investigations Unit conducted 282 poly­ at the American Correctional Association cess and to familiarize the W1it with the graph cases which accounted for 344 per­ Congress of Corrections in Nashville, physical plant and location of each facility. sons tested. In addition to this extreme Tennessee in August, 1993, were Dwight The unit holds two training sessions caseload of polygraphs, the polygraph Correctional Center, Metro Community prior to the Spring and Fall ACA reaccred­ examiner continues to be an important Correctional Center, Southern Illinois itation/ accreditation sessions. The training component in the development and opera­ Community Correctional Center, Urbana includes staff from recently reaccredited tion of the department's sex offender treat­ Community Correctional Center, Western facilities and staff from facilities anticipat­ ment program. Illinois Correctional Center, and ing ACA visits. Staff from the most ret:ent­ The LEADS inquiry staff of the Winnebago Community Correctional ly reaccredited facilities present file Investigations Unit conducted over 47,500 Center. organization tips and discuss specifics per­ Criminal History Background Inquiries; Facilities receiving ACA reaccreditation taining to ACA visiting committee mem­ 6,390 Secretary of State inquiries; request­ visits in the fall of 1993 were Decatur, Jesse bers. In addition, the unit trains staff on ed 2,451 criminal histories from other "Ma" Houston, and Joliet Community file organization, ACA supplemental agencies and 3,439 complete criminal his­ Correctional Centers and Hill, Illinois changes and other items pertaining to the tories from the National Crime River, Sheridan, and Stateville Correctional accreditation process. As an addition to Information Center (NCIC). The LEADS Centers. Big Muddy River Correctional this process, the unit pre-inspects facilities staff not only continued to support preem­ Center received an initial ACA accredita­ prior to the actual ACA accreditation visit. ployment screening, but supported other tion visit, as well, after only six months in This pre-inspection includes a file review operations in the Department by conduct­ operation. These facilities received accredi­ and a physical tour of the facility. ing over 9,100 wanted persons inquiries. tation/ reac -:reditation status during the With the combination of annual internal The Policy and Directive Unit is American Correctional Association's Mid­ audits and a tri-annual ACA intensive • responsible for the development and Winter Conference at Orlando, Florida, in reaccreditation process, staff are given the maintenance of Departmental policy and January of 1994. opportunity to move toward continual procedures which are consistent with state During the spring of 1994 Fox Valley quality improvement. Through improve­ and federal statutes, rules, and court Community Correctional Center, the ment in standards and performance, the orders. The unit coordinates ongoing Illinois Youth Centers - Harrisburg, St. service provided by the Department will reviews of over 600 policies with legal, Charles, and Warrenville, a.'1d the Joliet reflect a higher level of accomplishment correctional facilities, central office, data and Vienna Correctional Centers received which will continue into the future. processing and executive staff. All com­ ACA reaccreditation visits. All were rec­ This year marks the 20th year for the ments and concerns noted are taken into ommended for reaccreditation by the visit­ Illinois Department of Corrections consideration in preparing the final draft ing committees. These awards were Training Academy. It began with grant for the Director's approval. presented at the 124th Congress of funds from the Illinois Law Enforcement During FY1994, 137 rules and directives Corrections in st. Louis, Missouri, in Commission in 1974 and was the first were issued or revised. This included such August of 1994. Corrections Training Academy in the major projects as implementation of Senate In January, 1994, the Standards and United States. Due to the growth of the Bill 956 regarding earned good time, elec­ Accreditation Unit was brought to full Department, a central location was chosen tronic detention, and impact incarceration. staff with the addition of two Executive in 1980 to relocate the Training Academy The Department also implemented a new ills to coordinate northern and southern from Joliet to Springfield. Since 1980 the policy whereby inmates may request non­ external audits and. an Office Associate Training Academy has trained over 13,032 smoking cell assignments. Updating of located in the Springfield office to assist Correctional Officer Trainees and Youth data processing equipment has enabled the southern region coordinator and work Supervisor Trainees in 176 classes. the unit to establish a better cross-refer­ with the Policy and Directives Unit. A total of 8,011 people were trained in ence system to manage the volume of poli­ A total of 230 audit questionnaires (to be over 336 Training Academy sponsored cies. used agencywide) were revised and refor­ classes in FY1994. Six hundred forty-six Unit staff have also been extensively matted. Included in the revision was the Correctional Officer and Youth Supervisor involved in training of Department staff addition of American Correctional Trainees attended tlle six week pre-service on the Senate Bill 956 changes, served on Association Mandatory Standard num- security training program. A total of 6,129 • 14 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS persons were trained through outside pro­ In March, 1995, the Big Muddy River maintained ball parks for local Khoury grams bringing the total trained by the Correctional Center (BMRCC) will cele­ Leagues, and assisted with sandbagging Training Academy to 14,140. brate its second year. It all began when during the flood of 1993. Inmate labor was The Training Academy has provided BMRCC was proposed in response to a also essential in preparing the DuQuoin extensive gang training to local law serious crowding problem faced by the State Fairgrounds by trimming trees, enforcement agencies, grade and high Illinois Department of Corrections. mowing, placing rip-rap along the lake • schools. Cultural diversity, sexual harass­ Beginning in FY1990, money was appro­ shore, raising tents and many other tasks. ment and cell extractions were all provid­ priated, plans were developed and a site Post-fair clean-up was provided by work ed to other than Department personnel. was selected for a medium security facility camp inmates as well. At the end of New curriculum offerings prepared with a design capacity of 952 inmates. The FY1994, DuQuoin was preparing for con­ during FY1994 were Contre·l Tactics Big Muddy River Correctional Center is version from a work camp to a boot camp. Instruction, Control Tactics Student, Basic located in Ina, 15 miles south of Mt. The mission of the education program at Tactical Training, Baton Instructor Vernon on Rt. 37. The initial shipment of Big Muddy River Correctional Center is to Training, TRT Leadership, Change 100 inmates was received on March 8, provide appropriate learning experiences Management, Parole, Visitor Curriculum, 1993. The facility employs 467 staff, includ­ for the entire resident population regard­ Chaplaincy Issues, Distraction Devices ing contractual health care and education­ less of the level of achievement the resi­ and PAD (Personal Aerosol Devices). A al staff. dents are functioning at presently. It is the manual germane to the Training Academy The Big Muddy River Correctional intent of the program to raise the literacy was also completed, Training Academy Center is comprised of 20 buildings which level of the population in conjunction with Employee Handbook. A self study guide total 391,150 square feet. These buildings preparing residents for the working world titled "Managing the Training Function" include four housing units, a gatehouse, upon release. All residents are assessed was prepared for Training Coordinators. I five guard towers, an academic/vocation­ with an achievement test and placed New initiatives begun during the fiscal aI/multi-purpose building, a segrega- appropriately. A variety of programs are year were prepared for ACA accreditation, tion/receiving building which is offered including Adult Basic Education a refurbishing project for Cole Hall, and connected to the administration/medical (ABE), General Educational Development submission of a Mentor Program for building, a commissary/warehouse and (GED), college vocational, associate review. dietary complex, and an employee train­ degrees, and English as a second language. ing/firing range facility. The entire com­ During FY1994, BMRCC academic pro­ ADULT DIVISION plex occupies 120 acres. grams were fully staffed. These programs BMRCC is the parent facility to the include four sections of GED, nine sections BIG MUDDY RIVER DuQuoin Impact Incarceration Program of ABE and one section of special educa­ CORRECTIONAL CENTER (lIP). DuQuoin lIP initially served as a tion. In addition to daily library services a work camp providing inmate labor to local full-time paralegal has been added to • Opened: 1993 communities, organizations, and the state assist in the law library. During FY1994 Rated Capacity: 1,152 conservation and transportation depart­ School District 428 served a total of 912 Medium Security Males ments. A small sampling of the tasks com­ students at Big Muddy River Correctional FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,396 pleted by inmate work crews include Center. The average number of students Average Age of Inmates: 31 clearing debris and mowing at local ceme­ enrolled per month was 76. DuQuoin lIP Average Annual Cost teries and state-operated recreation areas, currently has 130 students enrolled. A total Per Inmate: $14,441 picking up trash along county roadways of 145 students completed Earned Good and state highways, inmates mowed and Conduct Credit contracts and 69 received successful progress credit. The GED pro­ gram graduated 55 students with a success rate of 100% on the exam. The ABE classes averaged a 55% pass rate on the TABE test. In cooperation with Rend Lake College, a literacy tutor program has been estab­ lished which provides additional instruc­ tion in meeting the development needs of students. The resident population at Big Muddy River Correctional Center has grown to approximately 1,600 during FY1994. This has increased enrollment in all academic programs. In this past fiscal year, the Rend Lake College program at BMRCC continued to develop its original seven programs of small business management, culinary arts, • electronics, horticulture, construction

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trades, automotive mechanics, and com­ Abuse Treatment Program were renewed, In FY1994, the Leisure Time Services puter technology. During FY1994, the col­ allowing these distinct and unique treat­ Department provided many activities and lege vocational programs began a ment programs to continue. The Sex events which included weightlifting com­ standard core curriculum. This allows Offender Treatment Program is designed petitions, softball, soccer, flag football, out- inmate students to transfer to and from to accommodate approximately 100 door and indoor basketball, arts and crafts other facilities without losing course credit inmates. These inmates are housed in two and music. The addition of a physically or repeating work. wings of a housing unit. One wing is the I challenged gym line has generated a sport • The college program expanded voca­ orientation or pre-treatment phase of the interest by those participating. Teams from tional programs by adding small business program. These group members are con­ the community have competed with the management and computer technology in sidered qualified candidates. The other facility teams, including a coed volleyball the afternoons and evenings. Also, cooper­ wing is for inmates who have been deter­ team and wheelchair basketball team from ative work training and developmental mined by the treatment staff to be serious, SIU-Carbondale. skills programs were added for non-tradi­ self-motivated individuals who are appro­ The opening of BMRCC proved to be a tional vocational students and students priate candidates for more intensive treat­ challenge to chaplaincy initiatives at the with special academic needs. The college ment. The main treatment modality is center. However, the first order of business vocational programs received additional cognitive-behavioral-emotional. Members for the newly assigned chaplain was to funds to purchase equipment to keep pro­ attend group therapy approximately three develop a network of volunteers which grams up-to-date. Grounds keeping and times a week. Various psycho-educational included the ecclesiastical community sur­ electronics equipment were purchased, in modules such as anger/stress manage­ rounding Big Muddy River Correctional addition to a nine unit computer lab con­ ment, victim empathy, social skills and Center. The response produced a network sisting of eight machines and one multi­ relapse prevention are combined with of support which was highly viable and media system capable of using CD ROM group therapy and several types of behav­ visible within the chapel program area. software. iora! therapies. The program was providing service to the Inmates may pursue baccalaureate level The Substance Abuse Treatment inmate population within 45 days. education from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday Program is provided under a contract with The Chaplaincy Program embraced reli­ through Friday. During FY1994, 28 cours­ Comprehensive Services of Jefferson gious worship, Bible study programs, spe­ es applicable to the associate of arts degree County in Mt. Vernon. Their substance cial presentations such as Black History were offered with an average enrollment abuse treatment program is called Vantage Month, Black on Black Love, Kwanzaa and of 23 students per class. Also in FY1994, 79 Point. The program serves approximately others. The Chapel now has a solid volun­ inmate students were submitted for voca­ 50 inmates who live on one wing of the teer program that includes 80 volunteers tional certificates. The academic program Special Treatment Unit. Group members who are active on a weekly and monthly also awarded its first associate of arts attend group meetings four times a week, basis interacting, assisting, advising and degree. two substance abuse education classes, working with the staff and inmate popula­ Mental health services at BMRCC offers one 12-step group and one therapy group. tion. During this same period, the chaplain • sessions in the areas of individual counsel­ Applica."lts to the programs must be has performed approximately 30 mar­ ing and stress management. In February, approximately one year from their release riages which included over 250 hours of 1994, parenting skills classes began. The date in order bo be considered. pre-marital counseling with inmates and classes meet weekly for 15 sessions and Case management and counseling ser­ their families. deal with such topics as child develop­ vices are available to all inmates for guid­ Many staff are involved in their commu­ ment, child abuse and neglect, anger, disci­ ance/informational counseling and crisis nity and volunteer their time to local fire pline and listening skills. intervention. departments, rescue squads, Little League Big Muddy River CC is considered An Alcoholics Anonymous group con­ and Pony League organizations, Boy and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) tinues to serve approximately 100 inmates, Girl Scout troops, DARE and Fire Safety accessible. The ADA committee meets with 60 regular attendees. The Alcoholics Programs for kids, Kiwanis, various periodically to address areas of concern Anonymous group includes participation church programs, soccer, literacy tutoring, and reviews specific issues regarding each by outside volunteers from community ABATE, Red Cross, Boys and Girls Club, inmate who meets ADA criteria. Alcoholics Anonymous organizations. American Cancer Society Jail and Bail, A Health Care Unit aide assignment The 12-week substance abuse education Special Olympics, Mt. Vernon Chamber of was developed for inmates with a desire to groups have completed seven cycles, pro­ Commerce, National Guard, Army assist disabled inmates. The job entails ducing approximately 70 graduates during Reserve and others. Several staff partici­ assisting disabled inmates to dress, bathe, the year. These groups provide current pated in the March of Dimes WalkAmerica eat and move about the facility. This and accurate information to inmates about and the Heart Association Heartwalk, col­ assignment has proven to be an asset for substance abuse and its effects on the per­ lecting donations for the respective organi­ employees spread too thin and disabled son, the family and the community. zations. inmates in need of assistance for day-to­ Family counseling is also provided on day activities. The assignment provides demand for those individuals requesting inmate aides with a rewarding and pro­ that a counselor meet with them and their ductive job. families to resolve problems caused by The federal grants for the Sex Offender prolonged separation. Family members Treatment Program and the Substance must be willing to participate. • 16 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS CENTRALIA CORRECTIONAL CENTER

Opened: 1980 Rated Capacity: 750 Medium Security Males Reaccredited: January, 1992 FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,366 Average Age of Inmates: 31 Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $15,383

The Centralia Correctional Center received its first group of inmates in October, 1980. The fadlit"j was designed to house 750 inmates. Fourteen years later, the population had climbed to 1,380 inmates and will continue to climb due to crowding in the adult prison system. During FY1994 1,807 inmates participat­ ed in vocational, academic and college clinic which provides care 10 hours per on intramural activities to get large num­ programs. Eighty-one GED certificates day, five days per week. Sick call lines, bers of inmates involved to release tension were earned as were 26 associate degrees, injury screening, treatment lines, checkups and anxiety in a constructive manner. five bachelor degrees from Roosevelt and First Aid referrals are performed by Activities for inmates over age 35 have University and 140 college vocational cer­ the RN with the assistance of the techni­ been implemented to increase participa­ tificates from Kaskaskia College. cians. Medical doctor lines are conducted tion of the older inmates. Vocational programs offered include an average four days per week for both Correctional Industries at Centralia auto body, auto mechanics, drafting, elec­ sick call and chronic illnesses. The facility include tire recapping, belt making, metal tronics, food service, horticulture and also provides consultation for dermatolo­ furniture assembly, microfilming and dry­ industrial maintenance. A tutoring pro- gy, ophthalmology, orthopedics, surgery, cleaning for Vienna, Shawnee, Vandalia, gram for inmates is available and is con- urology and physical therapy. The facility Taylorville, Graham and Centralia . ducted by outside volunteers. There were has an eye clinic and x-ray department Correctional Centers. • 576 student who received Earned Good and a physical therapy area. The emergen­ The inmate highway work crew has Conduct Credits for completing their con- cy room is equipped for various proce­ been working in East St. Louis since tracts and 173 for successful progress. The dures such as minor surgery, proctoscopy October, 1991. During this time, many dis­ education program allows an inmate to and cardiac application. Medication is dis­ carded tires have been removed from the have the opportunity to be involved in tributed by a unit dose line in the health city. Beginning in February, 1992, the road positive activities while incarcerated and a care unit. crew has been working in cooperation greater chance at successful reintegration The PreStart program focuses primarily with Operation New Spirit, a not-for-profit into society. on comprehensive and relevant skills and organization formed in East St. Louis for A psychologist is employed full time information needed by inmates who are the clean up and revitalization of aban­ and a psychiatrist follows-up on a weekly nearing their release date. PreStart presen­ doned and debris-strewn areas of the city. basis. Counseling is offered in the areas of ters discuss job interviews, resumes, com­ The crew has been planting flowers in East individual and group tension, sex offender munity resources, driver's license St. Louis. therapy, stress, drug abuse and a parenting information, Social Security, public aid, The crew has also provided manpower program. Other personal development educational opportunities, JTPA, job ser­ for the Clinton County Fair, Centralia programs include Alcoholic Anonymous vice and goal setting. During FY1994, 721 Balloon-Fest and state and county high­ and Narcotics Anonymous. inmates were involved in the program. way litter pick-up. The health care unit provides both inpa­ The Chaplaincy Department provides During FY1994 there have been many tient and outpatient services and is fully services for the Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, employees who have done extensive vol­ accredited. The inpatient area consists of Jehovah Witness, Lutheran, Moorish unteer work in the community and have three, four-bed wards which provide Science and Christian Science religions. been commended for their involvement: planned nursing care to the acutely ill Numerous volunteers assisted in religious Sgt. Jerry Mille has developed and patient and the medically disabled inmate service and provided approximately 2,213 instructs a martial arts program for teens, who cannot completely care for himself. hours of service during FY1994. Officer Mike Branon has served as assis­ The nursing staff provide 24 hour cover­ Leisure Time Services provide a wide tant coach for youth wrestling in Centralia age of the health care unit. All patient care range of programs for the inmate popula­ for the last four years. Bob Demijan, coun­ is provided by the RN, with the assistance tion including softball, soccer, basketball, selor II, has served as a basketball coach • . of correctional medical technicians. music, arts and crafts, table games and for grade school teams, conducted youth The outpatient area consists of a dental running. Special emphasis has been placed basketball tournaments and coached pee-

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 '17 wee soccer teams. Jim Branon, counselor TIl, has been involved in organizing bas­ ketball, softball and baseball tournaments to benefit individuals with serious ilhless­ es. Ken Loepker, supply supervisor, serves as a voluntEer fireman, coached youth t­ ball teams and is involved in community organizations. • DANVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER

Opened: 1985 Rated Capacity: 1,071 Meuium Security Males Reaccredited: January, 1993 FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,833 Average Age of Inmates: 31 Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $11,823 taught by other inmates who are graduates accomplished through sick call, infirmary Danville Correctional Center is nine of Roosevelt University. The inmate tutors care, emergency care, mental health ser­ years old. From the opening of the facility are trained by the Literacy Volunteers of I vices, dental services, x-ray, health educa­ in October, 1985, the population has grown America. tion, physical and occupational therapy to the present 1,619. The Ed Jenison Work Clinical Services is presently conducting and referrals to specialists as needed. Camp opened June 11, 1993 under the Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Health care services are contracted jurisdiction of the Danville Correctional Anonymous self-help programs. In addi­ through Correctional Medical Systems in Center and now has an inmate population tion, drug education, chemical dependen­ St. Louis, Missouri. Accreditation of the of 193. The total population at the prison cy, nutrition in prison, physical fitness, Danville Health Care Unit by the Joint and work camp is 1,890. smoking cessation, stress management Commission of Health Care Organizations Danville was the first correctional insti­ groups, and parenting skills are available. was the first earned by a prison health care tution in the nation to be accredited by the A full-time non-denominational chap­ unit. Reaccreditation of the unit was American Correctional Association less lain, a part-time contractual Muslim chap­ achieved in 1992. than a year from its opening date. The lain and volunteers representing many The Leisure Time Services Deparhnent high scores of the reaccreditations in the different religious denominations provide continues to be active with the provision • fall of 1989 and 1992 indicate the generally general counseling, marriag,e (ounseling, of quality athletic, music, art and dramatic high quality of life and programming at Bible studies and religious services. A pro­ programming. Extensive intramural activi­ the center. gram for Spanish speaking inmates who ty is encouraged and programmed. Danville attempts to provide the broad­ wish to learn or improve their English is Special interest clubs include handball, est possible range of well targeted pro­ provided through the chaplaincy voltm­ bridge and chess. Inmate artwork is exhib­ grams and services to inmates in the safest teer program. ited both inside the institution and at vari­ and most secure environment. A number The PreStart program focuses primarily ous locations and events in the community of education programs are available to the on comprehensive and relevant skills and and musical groups perform for special general inmate population. Academic information needed by inmates who are events in the institution at scheduled pro­ courses are offered three semesters per nearing their release date. These include grams. year. Inmates may enroll in one to four job seeking skills (resumes and inter­ Inmates are actively involved in grow­ courses per semester. School District 428 views), sources of assistance available in ing produce at gardens on institutional provides adult basic education and GED the community, the drivers license applica­ grounds, both at Danville and the work programs. A special education class is also tion process, Social Security application camp in Paris. Vegetables are distributed held for inmates who are under 21 years ancl other pertinent information. The goal to food co-ops, rescue missions and local old and do not hold either a GED or high of this program is to enhance the success­ nursing homes through coordination with school diploma. Chapter I class is offered ful re-enhy of inmates into the free com­ the LTS Deparhnent. with the same criteria as special education. munity. To date, 1,700 inmates have Special cultural programs are provided Testing for the GED certificate is conduct­ completed this program at Danville Cc. including Black and Hispanic heritage ed four times per calendar year. Inmates Student interns from the University of recognition involving the local community who test below the sixth grade ~evel are illinois have served at the facility since and volunteers as well as in-house events. mandated by law to attend ABE classes for 1992 through the U of I Sociology Armed forces veterans are recognized and 90 days of instruction. Deparhnent. provided with socialization opportunities The facility has implemented n basic The Health Care Unit provides quality and video programs are provided for education tutoring program for inmates health care services to inmates. This is entertainment and education. Approved • 18 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS activities in addition to regularly sched­ church organizations and Operation Hope, During this past year, additional com­ uled recreation times are provided which is sponsored with the Danville munity service clean-up projects were through special detail times. Parks and Recreation Department. accomplished. An inmate work crew was Special events include family picnics, Employee professionalism and excep­ assigned to the Dixon Police Department sports banquets, a fine arts banquet, Over tional service are recognized through the and assisted in cutting weeds, painting 40 Christmas Party, and inmate Christmas employee of the month program, giving curbs and stop signs. In addition, the gift programs. Recreation and yard line special privileges to the two employees annual clean-up projects continued for one • provides indoor and outdoor recreation. (one security staff, one support staff) cho­ week for the Dixon Petunia Festival. The Maintenance Department continues sen each month by the employee recogni­ Inmates were also involved in a junior to be involved in activities beyond the tion committee. The employee benefit tackle football clean-up of the Dixon High maintenance of the physical plant. fund committee plans a variety of off-site School football field on weekends. Inmates, with staff supervision, have sup­ recreational activities for employees and Manpower was also provided for the con­ ported the Danville Children's Health Fair their families. struction of the Wooden Wonderland play­ and the Boys and Girls Club by construct­ ground and to Correctional Industries for ing visual aids, props and sets. DIXON a used tire recycling program. Danville Correctional Industries oper­ CORRECTIONAL CENTER Education programs encompass all ates a bookbindery, cardboard box manu­ phases of the academic spectrum begin­ facture, silk screening, and embroidered Opened: 1983 ning with the non-functioning student to garment application and design. Waste Rated Capacity: 1,206 students who are interested in acquiring a cardboard is recycled by the box factory. In Medium Security Males and Females college degree. Special education services connection with LTS, Correctional Reaccredited: January, 1992 are also provided by full-time special edu­ Industries assist in the aluminum can recy­ FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,799 cation instructors. cling project. Average Age of Inmates: 34 Vocational offerings from Lewis Danville Correctional Industries has Average Annual Cost University include automotive repair, supported such organizations and associa­ Per Inmate: $15,580 business information systems, construc­ tions as public schools, Boys and Girls tion technOlogy, electronics, horticulture Clubs and various police agencies by sup­ Dixon Correctional Center, the largest and restaurant management. These cours­ plying and, in some cases, donating per­ medium security facility in illinois, has a es offer the option of a certificate or an sonalized sports apparel including t-shirts, current population of 1,917. This facility associate's degree. In the Special Treatment sweatshirts, jackets, and caps. houses general population males and Center, high level vocational classes in Danville's highway works program, females and a Special Treatment Center for building maintenance, fast foods, laun­ staffed by inmates under employee super­ the developmentally disabled inmate. The dry / dry cleaning and homemaking are vision, provides inmate labor for the not­ facility encompasses 462 acres of land with offered. for-profit community services projects and 120 acres inside the perimeter fence. The An ESL (English as a Second Language) • activities such as Balloon Classic illinois. Dixon Correctional Center has its own program was initiated this past year, ser­ This support includes highway trash pick­ power plant, sewage treatment plant, three vicing a large Hispanic population. Classes up and landscaping, painting, refurbishing deep water wells and more than 17,000 have been well attended and the success and set up for various events. feet of underground tunnel systems for rate is good according to educators. In addition to handling many day-to­ utilities distribution. Through the Lewis University contract, day work assignments, center employees involve themselves in the community. Among the many organizations benefiting from the voluntary support of these fine individuals are various athletic teams and sports activities, Scouting, Special Olympics, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Christian Children's Home, United Samaritan's Medical Center Hospice Program, the PAL Literacy Program, Black Awareness Newspaper, the Ebony Fashion Fair, and as Cotmty Regional School Board Trustees. Staff also volunteer their services to the Vermilion County Animal Foundation, Bismarck Volunteer Fire Department, Catlin Volunteer Fire Department, Georgetnwn Volunteer Fire Department, Jaycees, Lions Club, Kiwanis, Crimestoppers, Boys and Girls Club, • Danville School District 118, various inSight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 19 classes were also begun in cooperative targeted to open a hospice. Lutheran Social the Special Treatment Center resulting in work training. This program offers instruc­ Services, the John Howard Association, the an improved and more efficient service. tion in living skills while the inmate learns American Retirement Foundation, Sauk The opening of the glove making indus­ job skills through employ nent. This pro­ Valley Hospice, Whiteside County Hospice tries program allowed for an additional 30 gram has focused on dietflry for a work and staff from Dixon Correctional Center females to be assigned jobs in this area. • site for the first module. have been involved in planning to make The LTS Department increased the A tutoring program of inmates helping Dixon Correctional Center's hospice oper­ recreational opportunities for females with inmates was also begun. This volunteer lit­ ative. the addition of pool tables and the use of eracy program was established through The Clinical Services Department imple­ the STC yard. Expanded programming for Sauk Valley Community College. SVCC mented the Pathways to Positive female hunates included a special life staff provided instructions on tutoring. Discovery Drug/ Alcohol Program and skills group for females under 21 years of This program began in the female unit and implemented procedures for the awarding age implemented by the educational has now progressed to the male general of Earned Good Conduct Credits for eligi­ department. Additionally, Therapeutic population. Tutoring is offered during ble inmates in accordance with laws enact­ Services staff initiated two parenting ther­ both the day and evening hours. ed as a result of Senate Bill 956. apy groups for female inmate parents and During FY1994, 89 GED certificates Other programs provided by Clinical an over 40 transitional group. The Clinical were earned in addition to 57 college voca­ Services include an Alcoholics Services area organized a group of older tional certificates, 21 associate degrees and Anonymous group, Narcotics Anonymous females called, "Prime Timers" to provide five bachelor degrees. College programs group, a 12 week drug education group, special recreational and social opportuni­ are provided by both Lewis and Roosevelt Citizens Opposed to Violent Encounters, a ties for this population. Universities. domestic violence group, Spanish support The Special Treatment Center (STC) is The Health Care Unit provides outpa­ group, Lutheran Social Services, Prison an institution within an institution occupy­ tient services and a 16-bed infirmary. This Ministries, family issues group, a nine ing 12 newly remodeled buildings, fenced unit is staffed 24 hours daily. Licensed week parenting class, a one to three week off from the Dixon Correctional Center's Practical Nurses work under the supervi­ parenting rights and responsibilities general population, medium security sion of Registered Nurses. A physician is group, inmate picnics, women over 40 prison. The STC has developed programs on-site 50 to 60 hours each week and is group, male over 40 group, DCFS coordi­ and procedures designed to meet the also on call 24 hours daily for any institu­ nating group, Black History Month, needs of the special populations which it tional emergencies. Dental services are Hispanic History Month, inmate job serves. This program has a strong habili­ also provided on site for a total of 64 hours assignments, inmate housing unit place­ tating and rehabilitative focus which each week. ment assignments and maintenance of the includes intensive educational, vocational • The Health Care Unit also houses an 84- Visiting Room Family Reunification and leisure time, living skills, diagnostic bed unit for older inmates with special Center for children. and medical programs and services. needs and a 24-bed unit for wheelchair During FY1994 the mentoring program During this past year, the building bound inmates. Contractual health care which involves pastors and congregations maintenance class in STC constructed a services are available through a compre­ in the Chicago, Rock Falls and Rockford small room in their classroom and hensive health care provider. areas was expanded. This program installed sinks, countertops, insulation, A Therapeutic Services Unit was involves inviting one church each month doorways and electricity which has added opened in January, 1994. This unit was to the Dixon Correctional Center. This another dimension to this program. In organized to offer multi-disciplinary method of introducing churches to addition, several of the class members approaches to mental health care delivery. inmates has been a valuable resource to assisted with the construction of the hand­ A contract with the Adler School of the inmates upon release. Along with the ball court in the general population area. Psychology was also initiated in January two full-time chaplains and one contractu­ STC's laundry and dry cleaning class providing the opportunity for psychology al Jewish chaplain, the Dixon Correctional added the Health Care Unit's laundry to interns and practicum students to gain Center also has 84 volunteers who assist in their workload saving considerable experience at the Dixon Correctional the VITAL reading assistance group, expense to the institution. Incentive pro­ Center. This unit provides psychological Alcoholics Anonymous, womens' groups grams in STC include a good hygiene testing, individual therapy, group therapy, as well as a wide spectrum of religious ser­ incentive program encouraging inmates to psycho-education groups and crisis inter­ vices and study groups. clean their rooms and maintain personal vention services. The Therapeutic Services The Southeast Cluster (female unit) was hygiene. Inmates who consistently do Unit initiated a series of activities restructured this past year. Staffing now more than what their job assignment calls designed to involve the center's inmates in includes a chief of security, command staff, for may be recommended for a speciallun­ an effort to make the prison violence and correctional officers, a casework supervi­ cheon provided by the fast foods class or a weapon-free. Included were such activities sor, correctional counselors and leisure $5 coupon book as a part of the "Warden's as the use of MTV style video tapes, anti­ activity specialist. The population for the Incentive Program." violence/ shank-free poetry, a short story Southeast Cluster increased to 376 The Dietary Department consists of a and play writing contest, a contest for an inmates. special dietary and three satellite opera- anti-violence/shank-free logo and a con­ Dietary meals for the female population tions including STC, segregation and the • test for an anti-violence/ shank-free mural. were relocated from Building 138 in the Health Care Unit satellites. Approximately The Dixon Correctional Center is also general population area to Building 113 in 6,790 meals are served daily. The dietary

20 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS facility also provides delivery service of FY1994, 140,000 pairs of eyeglasses were Reformatory for Women and again stock items to educational areas to include produced. renamed the Dwight Correctional Center bachelor living classes, culinary arts and The Sewing Shop opened in February, in August, 1973. fast foods classes. The dietary operation 1994, and is housed in Building 25 where During FY1994, 820 inmates were consists of a regi-thermic based cooking an average of 30 inmates are assigned. The involved in some phase of educational system with the initial production process Sewing Shop produces work gloves for programming. Initial tests of all inmates • taking place on the third shift. use in the Illinois Department of upon arrival resulted in 28% testing below The recreation department increased its Corrections and eyeglasses cases. The the sixth grade level in reading and math number of professional acts brought into civilian staff consists of one leadworker. skills at Dwight and the Kankakee the facility to include a comedy and magic Since its inception, the shop has produced Minimum Security Unit. A minimum of 90 show, Salsa and Cumba band, Rhythm 9,499 dozen pairs of gloves. days mandatory remedial instruction is and Blues Jazz Band, and a Las Vegas style The Eyeglass Frame Shop opened in required for these inmates. show. Activities for 40 and over inmates August,1994. The Frame Shop manufac­ Educational programming includes 12 were also expanded. The monthly bingo tures eyeglass fronts and temples for use programs ranging from adult basic educa­ program and the 40 and over jazz club for in the Optical Lab. Thus far, 4,898 fronts tion to senior college and from entry level male inmates is an ongoing program. The and 1,584 pairs of temples have been pro­ vocational to apprenticeships. Diplomas female 40 and over program which duced. Monthly production levels have are awarded by the educational service includes bingo, card tournaments and steadily increased. region for successful completion of GED board tournaments and social events is requirements. also active. The LTS Department held its DWIGHT Cosmetology classes provide both edu­ third annua15K runs and included CORRECTIONAL CENTER cation and hair care for inmates of the rollerblades in this event for the first time. facility. In 1981, Dwight became the first On April 11, 1994, the Dixon Opened: 1930 prison in Illinois to have apprenticeship Correctional Center's Staff Wellness Rated Capacity: 570 programs licensed through the Federal Center was officially opened for staff use. All Security Classifications - Females Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. The Wellness Center is located on the Reaccredited: August, 1993 Apprenticeships are offered in Dixon Correctional Center's grounds but FY1994 Average Daily Population: 817 water/wastewater treatment, building outside of the outer perimeter fence. This Average Age of Inmates: 32 repair, cook and baker. facility is opened to all staff and their fam­ Average Annual Cost Lewis University offers full-time and ily members. The center contains exercise Per Inmate: $21,044 part-time classes at Dwight including an equipment which includes Air-Dyne bikes, associate of arts degree for those who plan a treadmill, rowing machine, a stair master The Dwight Correctional Center, located to continue their education at a college or and a fine selection of weight lifting equip­ approximately 75 miles south of Chicago, university and an associate of applied sci­ • ment. Renovation of this building was is the primary state correctional facility ence degree for those wishing to combine completed with the assistance of Dixon's and reception/ classification facility for their vocational education with academic Maintenance Department and members of adult female offenders. The facility was courses. For those completing an associate the Wellness Committee staff who assisted opened on Nov. 24, 1930, as the Oakdale of arts degree, courses are offered leading with the clean up and ordering of the Reformatory for Women. Subsequently, to a bachelors of elective studies degree. equipment. In order to pay for the equip­ the facility was renamed the Illinois State Vocational programs offered include ment, fund raisers were held before and after the opening date. These included raf­ fles, drawings, staff lunches, a flea market and bake sales. It is projected that the $20,000 debt will be completely paid off in less than one year. The Wellness Center is opened 20 hours each day and is used by staff from all shifts. Future expansion plans for the center include an aerobic room, a TV lounge area and classrooms for various programs. Correctional Industries currently oper­ ates four shops consisting of the Optical Laboratory, Eyeglasses Frame Shop and two Sewing Shops. The Optical Laboratory produces all of the eyeglasses provided by the illinois Department of Public Aid to public aid recipients as well as all of the necessary eyeglasses for inmates in the Illinois • Department of Corrections. During

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 21 computer technology, commercial art and Medical services are provided by a com­ This program addresserJ, in a very profes­ photography, secretarial science, and prehensive major medical contractor. The sional manner, nontraditional correctional restaurant management. Each takes Health Care Unit includes an infirmary concerns and provides counseling and approximately nine months and students and is staffed by registered nurses 24 assistance with routine institutional con­ earn certificates detailing learned skills. hours a day, seven days a week. All cerns of other inmates. Special interest is Six associate of art degrees, four associate inmates are given physical examinations given to family oriented activities with of applied science degrees, t"vvo bachelor of upon admission to Dwight and then annu­ events planned around Christmas and • elective studies degrees and 40 vocational ally or every two years depending on age. Mother's Day. Each year, the institution certificates were issued in FY1994. Pare-time obstetric/gynecology, dental and and the Department of Children and Cooperative work training is offered to optometry services are offered and appro­ Family Services co-sponsor a one-day pro­ instruct students in parenting, consumer priate referrals made to specialty clinics as gram involving mothers, staff members behavior, and interpersonal communica­ determined by medical needs. from both agencies and interested others. tion skills. The Health Care Unit has initiated case A picnic lunch and recreational activities Students in cooperative work training conferences in the Condemned Unit as contribute to strengthening the bond attend four hours of classroom instruction well as in the Health Care Unit to consis­ between mothers and their children. each week for 27 weeks in addition to tently review the medical services provid­ Beginning in 1988, each weekend during maintaining a full-time assignment. ed at Dwight. Obstetric/gynecology the summer 12 different mothers are able Remedial education is available to stu­ services and emergency services in the to spend two days camping with their chil­ dents who fall between appropriate levels event of trauma, severe illness or injury dren in a camping area established within on the TABE test. Remedial students are provided at a community hospital. the institution. This was originally funded receive 15 hours of instruction ea,ch week During FY1994, 62 babies were born to through a three-year federal match grant for nine weeks and then are tested again. inmates at Dwight. While the mother is awarded by the Department of Health and This instruction is designed to bring math awaiting birth, she is provided individual Human Services. and reading levels up to qualification lev­ and group counseling, an exercise pro­ The program provides for quality time els for college courses. gram and informational seminars between the mothers and their minor chil­ Project Connect offers in-depth instruc­ designed to make the process of the preg­ dren. It has proven to be very successful tion in parenting skills, consumer behav­ nancy and delivery as easy as possible. and has been continued by the institution ior, and interpersonal and family The Ivlental Health Unit continued to and coordinated by the Family Services relationships. Project Connect students provide services to the inmatt\ population Department. receive 15 hours of instruction per week during the past year. The 46 bed in-patient A children's visitation center was for up to six months. unit was filled to near capacity and had a opened in April, 1993, which permits visit­ Through a grant from the Illinois daily average population of 45. The gener­ ing children, ages infant to 12, tlle oppor­ Criminal Justice Information Authority, al population caseload served by the unit tunity to spend quality time with their Gateway Foundation established a con­ averaged 195. Services provided include mothers in a wholesome, structured set­ • trolled drug treatment program at the psychiatric and psychological counseling. ting. Visits from children ages 13 to 16 are facility in September, 1988. Two units All newly admitted inmates are also evalu­ accomnlodated in a specially designated (totaling 64 beds) offer group, individual ated by staff psychologists. children's comer in the regular visiting and peer counselling sessions. Support The Mental Health Unit maintains a cri­ room where activities are designed for this group participation includes Alcoholics sis intervention team to assist inmates age group. Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. A with special situations and problems The Leisure Time Services Department third living unit with 27 beds has a transi­ which may develop during the course of provides activities for all inmates, includ­ tional program where stronger emphasis is their incarceration. ing activities for those in the Condemned given to developing a positive lifestyle A noteworthy achievement in the men­ Unit, Mental Health Unit and confined through personal responsibility and indi­ tal health area was certification of medical patients. A facility inmate organi­ vidual and group cotulselling. Psychologist Administrator Dale Hoke as zation, Third World Jaycees, assists in Participation in the intensive substance a Certified Correctional Health funding for Halloween, Thanksgiving, abuse treatment program is funded Professional from the National Christmas and New Year's activities. through Gateway Foundation as well as Commission on Correctional Health Care. The Jaycees have donated money to pro­ appropriate state funds. Involved inmates This certification represents a commitment jects or special programs of the Boys and participate in institutional programming to overall development of quality care in Girls Clubs and inmates are participating such as educational and vocational pro­ the correctional setting and is awarded in the Habitat for Humanity project. LTS grams, work assignments, and special based on experience, personal recommen­ assists Family Services in providing a activities during the day. Approximately dations, and the successful passing of the "Mother/Child" picnic over Mother's Day 550 inmates have participated in the certification examination. weekend. Gateway program since its inception. Dwight established a Family Services Religious programming at Dwight is Further treatment upon release includes Department in May, 1991, to fully address provided by two full-time Protestant chap­ referrals to outpatient and residential facil­ inmate concerns with respect to custody lains, part-time Muslim and Jewish chap­ ities. Many former inmates complete fur­ issues, legal consultation, visitation and lains, a volunteer Catholic priest and ther treatment and enter the substance other types of problems pertinent to minor Protestant pastor. They serve as religious abuse field as counselors. children of women who are incarcerated. leaders for worship and study as well as •

22 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS providing individual pastoral care. Illinois. Kankakee also offers additional seeking constructive alternatives to drugs, The services of the chaplains are aug­ services throughout the week. These gangs and violence faced by youth on a mented by the volunteer services of some include Sunday school classes, prayer ser­ daily basis is a priority for many Dwight 30 church groups from a variety of com­ vice, Mass and Bible study. Kankakee also staff. munities and faith groups throughout the provides services in Spanish for Spanish­ state. They fill out the religious program­ speaking inmates. All of these religious EAST MOLINE • ming with interfaith services, Bible studies services are provided by volunteers. CORRECTIONAL CENTER and three spiritual retreats annually, as Drug abuse services are also provided. well as a monthly worship service in Alcohol Anonymous and Narcotics Opened: 1980 Spanish. Anonymous support groups are held Capacity: 688 Capital Development Board projects weekly. Both meetings are heavily attend­ Minimum Security Males were completed during the fiscal year ed. ExpanSion of substance abuse treat­ Reaccredited: August, 1992 including tuckpointing and installation of ment services by Gateway has been FY1994 Average Daily Population: 997 a new roof on the Multi-Purpose planned for Kankakee Minimum Security Average Age: 31 Building/Visiting Room, an addition to Unit including approximately 80 beds. Average Annual Cost the Correctional Industries area, basement Kankakee MSU inmates are also actively Per Inmate: $16,104 waterproofing in a living unit, American involved in giving back to the community with Disabilities Act (ADA) access ramps through their participation in the off­ The East Moline Correctional Center is at Jane Addams Hall and the grounds work crew program which con­ located on a bluff overlooking the Administration Building, and Phase II of sists of cleanup and revitalization of St. Mississippi River. The population has the ongoing water and sewer utilities Theresa's Church. Inmates also participat­ risen to more than 1,000 inmateS which upgrade. ed in a co-operative work effort cleaning includes two work camps. Dietary services continue to be of prima­ up the Kankakee State Park. East Moline, in cooperation with the ry importance to the efficient operation of This same idea was expanded as a crew Department of Corrections and three local the institution. Special diets are provided of seven inmates were taken to Pembroke treatment centers, hosted the Seventh for inmates as required for medical and Township to work with Habitat. The Annual Substance Abuse Awareness Week religious reasons. inmates were established as the first offi­ Conference with more than 300 partici­ The Dwight Industries Garment Shop cial chapter of the Habitat Program during pants. During the four-day conference, employs approximately 85 inmates who FY1993. The Habitat Program consists of professionals from such fields as correc­ are paid on a piece work basis. Garments refurbishing homes for low income fami­ tions, substance abuse treatment, proba­ produced include officer and maintenance lies. The crew completed refurbishing their tion, education and mental health uniform shirts, male and female inmate first home during FY1994. conducted workshops and lectures focus­ clothing, dietary clothing, hospital gowns, Each month inmates process between ing on substance abuse and social and cul­ • and specialty items. Total sales for FY1994 1,800 to 4,000 pairs of eyeglasses in the I tural issues. were $665,000. CARE program operated in conjunction Since 1991, JOY Ministries has served Dwight's Correctional Industries with the local Lions Club. this institution with a semi-annual Program supplies a central distribution Dwight staff have been recognized for Christian retreat at the chapel. This is an warehouse from which all inmate and offi­ their community volunteer services. excellent program that is well received by cer clothing statewide is purchased. Concern for youth in the community and participating inmates. Weekend programs The Kankakee Minimum Security Unit currently houses 100 mini.mum security adult female offenders. Construction of a second living unit began in FY1994 and upon completion, will increase the capaci­ ty to 200. Educational programming is offered at Kankakee Minimum Security Unit with a capacity of 15 students per class. Classes consist of ABE and GED as well as busi­ ness occupations through Lewis University. From the start of classes in November, 1991,55% of the population benefited from educational programming, 84 participated in ABE, 41 in GED and 54 in business occupations. Library services were also offered. The Kankakee Minimum Security Unit also has a chapel where Sunday services are provided by a volunteer chaplain • through Lutheran Social Services of

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 23 were held on April 8, 9 and 10 with 80 CC Correctional Officer was again named neighborhood watches developed and inmates attending and 75 participants to the IPA Governor's Twenty. The implemented by the organization. completing the entire weekend program. Governor's Twenty are the 20 best law Staff members serve as coaches for These programs take many hours of work enforcement pistol shots in the state. This youth and junior league baseball programs • to present. EMCC is fortunate to have such officer, also a recipient of this honor in and wrestling teams. In addition employ- a fine program due to the efforts of the FY1993, had an average score of over 476 ees serve as members of the U.S. Marine coordinators and many volunteers. out of a possible 480. Corps Reserve, both the Iowa and Illinois East Moline Correctional Center's Ninth This report reflects the professional staff Army National Guard, and the U.S. Naval Annual Employee Recognition Dinner East Moline is fortunate to have and their Reserve. honored 98 employees for years of service dedication to excellence. Several employ­ Staff members serve as instructors at and perfect attendance. ees participated in the American Red local junior colleges and high schools, a The East Moline Correctional Industries Cross Blood Donor Program. East Moline juvenile detention worker, as volunteers Laundry operates every Monday through staff participated in a program where blan­ for the nursing staffs at local hospitals and Friday, except Thanksgiving, Christmas kets and other needed items were pur­ care centers and as pastor at a local church. and New Years Day servicing the laundry chased for the homeless. East Moline has The warden serves on the board of ne~ds for three hospitals, a mental health one employee serving in the community as directors for the Boys and Girls Club of the center, a developmental center, a nursing a mayor, eight employees serve on volun­ Mississippi Valley, as a spokesperson for home and two correctional centers. teer fire departments, two employees pro­ fund raising, coordinated logistical help in Periodically, the laundry also cleans local vide emergency medical technician preparing the club location and has hosted school band uniforms and church choir services for local ambulances and one several board meetings at the correctional robes for a total annual workload of employee serves on a township board. center. approximately 2.5 million pounds. One captain, a lieutenant, a sergeant and The facility Recycling Plant is a pilot a registered nurse serve on a Critical GRAHAM project working in conjunction with Rock Incident Stress Debriefing Team estab­ CORRECTIONAL CENTER Island County to help cut down on land lished as a counseling group which fill use and to address the needs of the responds to major disasters or deaths Opened: 1980 community in disposing of white goods. where students and parents need help cop­ Capacity: 750 During FY1994, several physical plant ing. This CISC Team serves nearby Illinois Medium Security Males projects were completed. New roofs on the and Iowa communities. Reaccredited: January, 1992 Administration Building and Main Gate One lieutenant serves his community of FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,347 and repairs on the roof of the Academic Rock Island as chairman of a citizens' Average Age: 30 • Building were completed. advisory committee to revitalize the west Average Annual Cost Work crew projects were accomplished end of the city and establish open commu­ Per Inmate: $16,435 for the following the Boys and Girls Club nications with the city's minority of Moline, Hero Street Jam in Silvis, population. This same lieutenant serves as At the end of FY1994, the Graham Northeast Park and Butterworth Park in chairman of the board of directors for the Correctional Center population had East Moline, Sylvan Island Bike Path in Community Caring Conference which has increased to 1,361 reaching about 82% over Moline, United Township High School in decreased dramatically the crime rate capacity. Over 2,194 inmates also were East Moline, Arsenal Island, Hennepin because of the organized block clubs and received and processed through the recep- Canal in Henry County, Black Hawk State Park in Rock Island, Correctional Industries tire recycling and various pro­ jects for the cities of Moline, Hampton and Milan. '\ The East Moline Pistol Team had a very I productive year in FY1994 beginning with a first place team finish at the Director's Combined Weapons Match in Springfield. An East Moline Correctional Officer was the overall match winner. East Moline also JJ' took second place at the Annual Training Academy Pistol Match. Two man teams and individuals also did very well during the Illinois Police Association (IPA) Matches in FY1994, with several match and master team trophies added to the tro­ phy case. Notable finishes were made in FY1994 at the IPA's Top Gun Match with staff members finishing in fifth and sev­ enth places for the match. An East Moline • 24 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS !-jon center at Graham. This is a 20% Correctional Industries had $846,866 in education, was held on a five day per increase over intake during FY1993. sales during FY1994. The auto body pro­ week basis. A total of 783 inmates who Graham continues to provide programs gram, a cooperative effort between participated in PreStart learned job search designed to evoke behavior changes in Industries, School District 428, and CMS skills, self-esteem and parole regulations. inmates and to better prepare them. for has begun repairing state vehicles at a sub­ 3everal modules were presented by facili­ release. One such program is the stantial savings to taxpayers. tators to aid the inmates in adjusting to Residential Sex Offender Treatment pro­ Graham continues to provide a weekly their release from incarceration. • gram. This unique program involves creat­ work crew at the State Police firing range During FY1994, 683 inmates were ing a residential community of 25 sex in Pawnee. A work crew has also assisted enrolled in the mandatory adult basic edu­ offenders in a housing unit. The program the City of Hillsboro employees in placing cation program. All students enrolled in focuses on education, group therapy and rip rap along the shore of Glen Shoals this program were given computer room behavior treatment to avert sex offenders Lake. learning experience in which the teacher from the commission of sex related crimes Graham Correctional Center staff con­ determined the learning pace for each stu­ upon release. tinued to be recognized for outstanding dent. The Gateway Substance Abuse volunteer work in their communities. Enrollment in the GED program Residential Treatment Program continued Twelve Graham staff received Brenda increased during FY1994. Foul' hundred in an entire housing unit and consists of an Edgar'S Reach Out Awards for their vol­ forty-eight students enrolled in the pro­ intensive treatment unit and a reintegra­ unteer activities during this period. gram with 90 students receiving a high tion unit for those who have completed school equivalency diploma. Three hun­ the intensive phase of the program. Over HILL dred sixty students were served in nine 80 inmates participate in this program. CORRECTIONAL CENTER vocational programs offered through Carl PreStart programming expanded during Sandburg College. The program included the year by adding more presenters from Opened: 1986 business occupations, data processing, outside agencies and communities. Capacity: 896 diesel mechanics, drafting, small engine Inmates involved in this program have Medium Security Males repair, electronics/ electricity, custodial rated it as outstanding in preparing Reaccreditation: January, 1994 maintenance, cooperative work training inmates for release. Average Age: 32 and remedial math and English. During During the year, the Chaplaincy FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,591 FY1994, 55 certificates and 29 associate Department conducted inmate forown pro­ Average Annual Cost degrees were awarded to students enrolled grams on a monthly basis. These programs Per Inmate: $10,991 in the Carl Sandburg College program. successfully brought together diverse Since 1991 Roosevelt University has groups of inmates to discuss religious, During FY1994,2,014 inmate were pro­ served the inmate population by provid­ social and 'Cultural issues. cessed through the institution's seven day ing the opportunity to receive a bachelor • During FY1994, the Education orientation program. The inmate's security of general studies with a specialty interest. Department provided classroom or voca­ and social, academic, vocational and medi­ During FY1994, six students graduated tional instruction to 1,351 inmates. Of this cal needs are assessed to determine the through the degree program offered by number, 843 participated in mandatory most appropriate program track while at Roosevelt University. ABE, English as a second language or GED Hill Correctional Center. A total of 855 chapel programs were classes. In addition, all inmates entering PreStart, an integral part of pre-release held during FY1994. Over 2,200 volunteer reception and classification or general population were screened to determine mandatory education status. During FY1994, 2,044 n;;ception and classification inmates were tested with 234 scoring below a sixth grade level. Lincoln Land Community College also provided a variety of vocational and aca­ demic courses. Through these programs, inmates have the opportunity to receive associate degrees in several fields. Roosevelt University also serves Graham CC and provides senior college courses for inmates. Several inmates have received bachelor degrees through courses offered by Roosevelt University. Correctional Industries continues to expand its operation, adding several local municipalities to its list of customers. The number of inmate employees during • FY1994 remained constant at 31. insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 25 hours were performed by 75 volunteers writ team in thanking him for the extra building homes for tlle disadvantaged. from the community of whom 28 are regu­ effort he places on ensuring the fleet of lar volunteers. The volunteer efforts are facility vehicles always remain in excellent ILLINOIS RIVER coordinated by one full time chaplain and working order by identifying problems, CORRECTIONAL CENTER two part-time contractual chaplains. resolving them efficiently, and ensuring A full range of health care services is safety and sanitation remains a priority. Opened: 1989 afforded to each inmate residing at Hill Rodich recently celebrated 30 years of ser­ Capacity: 956 Correctional Center. During FY1994, Hill vice with the State of Illinois. Medium Security Males • CC was awarded reaccreditation by the Correctional Officer Charles Patterson Reaccredited: June, 1993 Joint Commission on Accreditation for was Hill CC's Correctional Officer of the FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,525 Ambulatory Care. Year. Officer Patterson was cited for his Average Age: 31 The Correctional Industries program at ability to communicate with both staff and Average Annual Cost Hill produces milk, meat, and juice sup­ inmates in a manner which promotes Per Inmate: $14,015 plies for 15 adult correctional centers, four cooperation and problem solving, main­ juvenile facilities, and one mental health taining an excellent attendance record and The Illinois River Correctional Center is center. Correctional Industries' meat pro­ consistently promoting harmony among located at the west edge of Canton about cessing plant at Hill produced 2,353,773 staff and inmates. 32 miles west of Peoria. Including towers pounds of meat in FY1994 reflecting total In addition, Officer Patterson was com­ and shelters, the facility consists of 27 sales of more than $3.84 million. The mended for volunteering as an alderman buildings on 100 acres of land. The center Correctional Industries milk processing for his home town and SerVii"1g as chair­ includes a Special Management Unit plant produced 11,700,125 half-pints of man of the Community Development which is designed to operate autonomous­ milk; 3,880,060 half-pints of juice; 3,638,030 Committee, member of the Public Works ly and is separated from the main institu­ quarter-pints of juice and 25,971 five gal­ Committee and on the Board of Directors tion by obstructed view fencing. At the lon bagged milk and juice containers. of the Warren County American Red end of FY1994, the total population of the Combined &ales reached a total of nearly Cross. He has also worked with the youth facility including the H8.nna City Work $2.6 million. in Monmouth's Summer Baseball League Camp was 1,676. The facility continued active participa­ and volunteers to assist senior citizens. The center has concluded its third fnll tion in the community by deploying Hill Correctional Center employees con­ year of administering the Hanna City inmate workers for several work details tinue to be members of service oriented Work Camp located west of Peoria, providing 15,640 hours of public service clubs including the Lions Club, Veterans of approximately 17 miles from the parent work. Activities of the public work crews Foreign Wars, and the Latin United facility. The camp consists of 36 buildings included flood sandbagging and clean up League of America. located on 39 acres of land. assistance for the towns of Oquawka, Several staff are also members of local The prison and work camp are staffed Keithsburg, New Boston, Niota, and ambulance / police auxiliary organiza tions by approximately 530 employees provid­ Gulfport; construction of fencing and and volunteer fire departments. Staff also ing administrative, clinical, clerical, • crash barriers for the Galesburg Jaycee volunteer as Boy Scout leaders, Brownie dietary, educational, fiscal, maintenance, Grand Prix Go-Cart Race, tire recycling in leaders, Little League coaches, and YMCA medical, recreational, security, supply and conjunction with the Environmental program coaches. Additionally, some staff voca tional services. Protection Agency and Illinois continue to volunteer their specialty skills The center staff continue to demonstrate Correctional Industries, removal of graffiti for the Habitat for Humanity program their dedication and talent by achieving for the City of Galesburg, maintenance and painting of the Galesburg Railroad Museum and other painting projects. The highway work crew assisted the illinois Department of Transportation in the clean up of Knox County roads. The 1994 vegetable garden was success­ ful providing 10,500 pounds of vegetables to senior citizens in Galesburg and the surrounding communities. The produce grown was distributed by the Galesburg FISH Chapter. During FY1994, the facility honored 10 security staff and 11 civilian staff as Hill Correctional Center employees of the month. The facility's Employee of the Year was Maintenance Craftsman Michael Rodich. Rodich is assigned in vehicle maintenance and was nominated as Employee of the Month by the facility's • 26 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS outstanding performances in both internal ings in conjunction with the Fulton IRCCs Substance Abuse Treatment pro­ and external audits. In the past fiscal year, County Department of Public Health, as gram has been greatly expanded. The facil­ illinois River received ACA reaccredita­ well as actively pursuing a smoking cessa­ ity has identified a separate wing in a tion with 100% compliance in mandatory tion program . living unit and has made substance pro­ standards and 99% overall. Additionally, illinois River staff are ded­ gramming available to approximately 110 Staff members also extend their tabnts icated to providing educational and voca­ inmates. Groups include drug education, and abilities to membership in the illinois tional opportunities to inmates, as well as advanced drug education, rational emo­ • Correctional Association and the National providir'6 other special programs for aid­ tive therapy, family group, AIDS and Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice ing the incarcerated individual to prepare health issues, lifestyles and peer group including being officers and board mem­ for re-entry into society as productive counseling. A full-time substance abuse bers in these organizations. members. program involving six staff members is Illinois River CC continues to recognize Adult basic education programs average available to inmates and involves educa­ its staff and their successes with commen­ 130 in daily attendance with GED pro­ tional good conduct credits to eligible dations or special observations. grams averaging 118 daily attendees. The inmates. Drug education programs contin­ Departments recognize the efforts of their education program served 1,159 students ue at IRCC's Special Management Unit staffs during their monthly meetings as in 1994. In the contractual illinois Central and Hanna City Work Camp. The counsel­ well as during the warden's staff meetings. College program, 24 different college level ing staff also run 12 week inmate self-help The Employee Recognition Committee courses were taught and four associate groups. These groups include self esteem plans and develops activities including degrees were earned. College vocational and stress management, goal setting and providing special lunches, cookouts, departments awarded 67 vocational certifi­ survival skills and parental education and drawings and other special activities and cates. Classes have begun expanding and planning. awards. The committee recommends nom­ attendance incentives are increasing total The Chaplaincy Department has 25 reli­ inees for employee of the month, holds enrollment. gious organizations that provide IRCC monthly draWings to highlight exceptional A new Cooperative Work Program pre­ with hundreds of volunteers who give of attendance, and selects a volunteer of the sents life skills where students learn sur­ their time and talent during special reli­ month, who receives nomination for First vival skills, parenting skills and good gious programming and weekend events. Lady Brenda Edgar'S Reach Out Award. work habits. Additionally adult volunteers Religious programming is also provided The monthly winners at illinois River and are provided to tutor and train students to Sunday through Saturday for all major the work camp are considered in the work with other students. religious beliefs. search for employees of the year. Each The institution recently started academ­ The Chaplaincy Department also pro­ exhibited those special attitudes, work ic classes at the Special Management Unit vides spiritual wisdom for the inmates ethic and dedication that are so important using the telecoursing program offered by located in the Special Management Unit to an organization's success and communi­ Illinois Central College. The courses are and Hanna City Work Camp. The senior ty perception. taught in conjunction with courses direct­ chaplain, along with contractual chaplains Training at the center and work camp ed to the general population. A literature and volunteers, work as a team to meet the also goes beyond the required efforts with course is offered under the telecoursing spiritual needs of the inmates in these spe­ a variety of in-house seminars including system to the work camp. Plans to expand cial programs. The inmates are provided cultural diversity, crisis intervention the course offerings are being considered. the addresses of noted ministries who updates, hostage negotiations, gang Additionally a new cooperative work donate free Bibles and faith books. They updates, critical incident training, radio training and lifeskills program was inau­ can also obtain the addresses of ministries use for non-security employees, depart­ gurated which will run for three 45 day that provide free Bible correspondence mental training at monthly meetings periods. Students will learn skills to aid courses. involving the state retirement system and them upon their release. While participat­ For those who have attained their GED insurance benefits and procedures as well ing each student is required to maintain or high school diploma, challenges are as other pertinent topics selected to pro­ their full-time work assignment. Also a provided through certain college level vide an informed and knowledgeable staff. remedial program was organized to aid courses. The center administration is also con­ students who have GED or high school Leisure Time Services, in addition to cerned with the physical well-being of diplomas but do not have a test score high providing inmates at the center the oppor­ staff. The Wellness Committee promotes enough to enroll in college programs. tunity to participate in recreational activi­ and encourages employee health thr·:,ugh The PreStart program continues as an ties, has also been instrumental in assisting lifestyle techniques and preventative mea­ integral part of the process in preparing in programs for the betterment of the com­ sures. Some activities have included the every inmate for successful release into the munity. Under the supervision of LTS, a publication of a quarterly newsletter high­ community with a series of 10 instruction­ series of billboards were produced in con­ lighting health and fitness, organizing vol­ al modules given over a two week period. junction with the Canton Track Fund ley ball and pickle ball tournaments, The program was enhanced to include var­ Project, the annual IRCC float was con­ initiating weight-lifting programs and aer­ ious volunteer services including Job structed and entered in the Canton obics classes, promoting a 100 mile institu­ Service representatives, representatives Friendship Festival Parade, and over 6,200 tional perimeter walking club, providing from the Secretary of State's Office and pounds of produce was grown and donat­ annual American Red Cross on-site blood members of the security and business ed to local food banks in Canton. • donation drives and on-site health screen- office staff for presentations. Special entertainment groups from the insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 27 outside have provided concerts and spe­ ent facility and the work camp mission. for Illinois Correctional Industries at pick­ cial programs for the inmate population About 5,000 hours of labor have been pro­ up sites in Aledo, Macomb and Peoria. with some of the highlights being perfor­ vided to the public through various com­ Flood relief projects also continued in mances by the Boxtops, Platters, the munity projects and to other state the past year involving clean-up in Niota • Support, The Artists of America variety agencies. Inmates from the parent facility and continued sandbagging due to water show, and a special visit by Mother York. walked nearly 125 miles of roadways for from underground rivers and lakes in the Additionally, athletic teams from outside the Department of Transportation collect­ Havana and Bath areas. the institution have participated in activi­ ing over 900 bags of trash weighing in Staff dedication helps the private sector ties with the inmates at Illinois River excess of 45,000 pounds. through volunteer efforts requiring many Correctional Center. Additionally, activi­ In Canton, many projects involving the hours of personal time and commitment. ties for Black History Month, Hispanic city and school district, the park district, Many staff are active participants in Awareness Month and Native American Women's Crisis Center and the Canton sports organizations for youth as man­ Month have been expanded. A food drive Friendship Festival were aided by work agers, coaches, fundraisers, board mem­ for the needy has been planned involving crew efforts. Throughout the county, eight bers, officials and other important and inmates participating in the veteran's other communities were helped in tree and time-consuming positions with Peoria and group. brush clean-up, trash pick-up, tree-plant­ Tazewell Counties Boys and Girls Club, The facilities themselves have seen ing, painting, demolition and mowing pro­ Hanna City Sportsman League, Limestone changes began or completed in FY1994. A jects. Soccer and Little Leagues, Canton Little fire destroyed the gymnasium roof and Public service maintenance projects are Leagues, Little Giant Track Fund, YMCA, damaged other cc,lrents of the building at a part of the objectives of Hanna Cir] YWCA, Green Wings and Ducks Hanna City Work Camp in November. A Work Camp along with educational partic­ Unlimited as well as various other sports new roof and floor along with painting ipation of all inmates. The camp continued groups. inside and out were complete by late to serve the Peoria and surrounding area. Staff members serve as volunteer fire­ spring. These improvements provide Set up, daily maintenance, minor construc­ men, members of rescue squads, emergen­ increased lighting and sound suppression. tion and post clean-up duties were accom­ cy medical teams, auxiliary and volunteer Much needed resurfacing or upgrading of plished for numerous public events and police group members and as CPR and roads and parking lots were completed at celebrations including Steamboat Days, First Aid instructors. Many are active the work camp along with grovndbreak­ River City Classic, Heart of Illinois Fair, board members of local and area churches, ing for new water mains. PACE (Peoria Area Community Events), supervisors of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, A pre-fab building at the work camp Fourth of July Fireworks, River Front Campfire Girls, Brownie's, organizers and formerly used ",.s office space was moved Celebration and several other volunteer workers for Fulton County Playhouse, •• to the parent fdcility, upgraded and programs. Canton Booster Club, Junior Women's mounted on a concrete block foundation. Litter pick-up, removal of scrub trees, Club, Altrusa International, Womens' With the cooperation of the school district, cutting weeds and brush, planting flowers, Crisis Center, Canton Friendship Festival, this move enabled two additional class­ mowing and general maintenance for the American Heart Association, American rooms to be made available in the Department of Transportation and the Diabetes Association, Friends of Literacy, Academic/Vocational Education Building. Peoria Beautification Program have been Upward Bound, Phoenix Business Construction began for a fourth housing continuing programs along Interstates 74 Awareness, 4-H, Peoria Area Community unit at the parent facility in FY1994. The and 474 since 1986. Events, United Way, KARE, Fulton County unit should be available in the spring of Similar projects and traffic sign place­ Alternative School, Peoria Heights 1995, and will provide an additional 224 ment, road repairs, pouring concrete, Christmas Committee, Peoria Public cells. washing vehicles, clearing drainage ditch­ Library Committee, American Cancer The Industries bakery expanded avail­ es, sweeping cinders and other projects Society, Lupus Society, several county arts ability of products to more institutions and have been accomplished in Bartonville, councils, DARE, PTA, Children's Shelter broadened their product line including Hanna City, Limestone Township, Creve Hospital Auxiliary, Mental Health Crisis made-to-order packaging capabilities in Coeur, Norwood, Farrn.iPgton and Green Hotline, National Audubon Society, FY1994. The new line found customers at Valley. Mentally Retarded Association, American four Illinois Youth Centers. 1"1 total, the Special painting, maintenance, remodel­ Red Cross, Macomb Humane Society and bakery had sales to 33 facilities with a 36% ing and renovation projects were accom­ many other worthwhile organizations. increase in production over last year. plished for the Peoria Boys and Girls Club, Some staff are members of the American Locally, Correctional Industries has Salvatic,n Army, Farmington United Legion, VFW, Elks Lodge, Moose Lodge, helped the center project a positive image Methodist Church, Bartonville Fire Rotary, Lions Club and other organizations in the community through donations to Department, Word of Faith Christian with concentration in youth activities, worthwhile organizations and projects. Center, Ingersoll Boys Camp and St. public service and aid to handicapped or Donations during the past year involved Bernard School. sight impaired individuals and others. 39 different groups and projects totaling Many hours were expended in mainte­ Several staff are school board members 546 dozen buns, 2,176 pounds of bread nance projects and ongoing programs at while one individual serves on tlle Board and 1,068 dozen and 876 pounds of cook­ Rice Lake, Sandridge State Forest, at the of Trustees of the local junior college. Some • ies and pastries. Air National Guard and for the Peoria are members of U.S. Army Reserve, one Public service is both a part of the par- Housing Authority. U;:pd tires were loaded serves as chief warrant officer for the U.S.

28 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS Marine Corps Reserve and one serves as County between Roodhouse and White At the end of FYI991, the PreStart pro­ coordinator for the Marine Reserve in their Hall on Route 267. The boot camp is gram was implemented and continued Toys for Tots program. administered by Jaccksonville Correctional throughout FY1994. All inmates nearing One member serves on the Canton City Center. The Greene County Impact release are required to attend this 30 hour Council, two are ministers and another Incarceration Program is a specialized pro­ program which is designed to enhance job­ serves as president of the Canton Chamber gram which strives to develop responsibil­ seeking skills and self esteem, identify of Commerce. ity, self-esteem and a positive self-concept post release needs and provide strategies • A captain coordinates an institutional in participants while addressing the to assist inmates in returning to the com­ food drive that donates many hundred underlying issues that often lead to crimi­ munity. Each inmate produces an pounds of non-perishables to local food nal behavior and substance abuse. For 120 Individual Development Plan which speci­ banks. days, each of the 200 inmates participate in fies practical, attainable goals for release. The local chapter of AFSCME projects a military drill, hard labor details, physical The Positive Parenting Program has positive image in the community through training, basic education, substance abuse been funded by the Department of Christmas food drives for needy families education and treatment and preparation Children and Family Services since 1991. and by holding an annual Christmas party for eventual release. Frequently, there are The program promotes the importance of with Santa distributing toys and goodies as many as 11 work crews of 10 inmates family. The curriculum teaches inmates to needy children as well as conducting each working daily in the community on who have children the impact of parental fund raisers for accident victims and those public service projects. behavior on children, the negative effects afflicted by disease or in poor health. Substance abuse programs provide for of alcohol and drug abuse on the house­ The medical director donates many the growing number in need of those ser­ hold and the proper methods of dealing hours to various community centers vices. In January, 1994, full-time program­ with their children in the face of their own actively working toward providing drug ming was created and called Jacksonville frustrations, exhaustion or anger. The class and alcohol awareness education. New Beginnings. The program mission is addresses topics of pregnancy, pre-natal Illinois River CC staff continue to dedi­ to provide a full-time educational, sup­ care, age-appropriate behavior in the child, cate themselves to encouraging positive portive and therapeutic opportunity for discipline versus punishment, providing a attitudes, programs and work opportuni­ inmates who need and desire treatment for safe environment for the child, interper­ ties for incarcerated residents. They are substance abuse and related problems. The sonal relationships in the family, the psy­ dedicated to averting aggression while goal is to challenge past beliefs and behav­ chological development of the child, and preparing residents for adaptation to a brs and to assist individuals in developing what constitutes child abuse and neglect socially acceptable level of development a positive drug free lifestyle and compre­ and the conditions that foster such upon release, and to providing a safe and hensive relapse prevention plan. A holistic destructive behavior. secure environment for inmates, staff and health concept underlies the program Educational programs are provided by the community. which is designed to address physical, School District 428 and MacMurray • emotional, psychological and spiritual College. Eight hundred ninety students JACKSONVILLE needs. Reading, written assignments, role were served with an average of 178 stu­ CORRECTIONAL CENTER plays, group discussion, other interactive dents served per month. Of those, 147 activities, journalism, art therapy, individ­ received GED certificates. Thirty-two stu­ Opened: 1984 ual and group counseling are used to dents received certificates in vocational Capacity: 700 assist individuals in increasing self aware­ programs including building maintenance, Minimum Security Males ness and personal growth. data processing, horticulture, mechanical Reaccredited: January, 1992 FY1994 Average Daily Population: 982 Average Age: 29 Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $17,513

The Jacksonville Correctional Center is located on the eastern edge of Jacksonville, approximately 30 miles west of Springfield. The facility consists of approx­ imately 70 acres. Twenty-four acres are located within the perimeter fence. The institution was originally construct­ ed as a SOD-bed correctional facility. However, on June 30,1994, there were 800 inmates housed at the facility. This increase in the population continues to force double-bunking in all housing units. In March, 1993, the Department's sec­ • ond boot camp was opened in Greene

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drafting and math technology. In addition, One employee serves as an interpreter for Joliet maintains an excellent eight associate degrees and two bachelor the hearing impaired while another volun­ Correctional Industries program, allowing degrees were awarded. teers at a children's hospital. inmates to learn valuable trade skills and From places like Niota, Marr.lehead, work habits. Inmates are used in a data and the 54 mile-long Sny Levee on the JOLIET entry program, mattress fabrication, as Mississippi River to Nutwood, Hardin, CORRECTIONAL CENTER well as sheets and pillow case production. Hartwell and the Big Swan Levee on the The dry cleaning plant provides a valuable lllinois River, the flood of 1993 saw many Opened: 1860 service to the staff of numerous correction­ • staff and inmate volunteers working to Capacity: 761 al facilities. A total of 85 inmates are save communities, farms and homes. Maximum Security Males involved in Correctional Industries pro­ Work crews were dispatched from the Reaccredited: September, 1993 grams. Greene County boot camp and FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,192 Spiritual guidance is offered to all Jacksonville Correctional Center by the Average Age: 28 inmates from two full time chaplains, as illinois Emergency Management Agency Average Annual Cost well as numerous volunteer chaplains. The and worked night and day to fight the Per Inmate: $22,898 innlate population is encouraged to partic­ flood. Crews worked from the begining of ipate in the Alcoholics Anonymous pro­ July to the middle of September. In the During the past year, Joliet Correctional gram. The institution also offers a meantime, inmates who did not go out on Center was reaccredited by the American Substance Abuse Treatment program and work crews, volunteered to fill sandbags Correctional Association. Joliet was initial­ had more than 300 inmates complete the in the sally port area at the prison. Also, ly accredited by the ACA in 1982. This has PreStart program. The PreStart program many staff and their families volunteered been a major accomplishment considering has proven to be a valuable tool in prepar­ on evenings and weekends filling sand the facility is more than 130 years old. ing inmates for the reintegration back into bags and completing other work toward The facility has undergone extensive society upon release. the flood relief effort. After the flood renovation work in the West Cellhouse. Joliet, along with other facilities, has waters receded sufficiently, the clean-up Significant renovations also took place in provided an invaluable manpower work began. Work crews were again dis­ the Honor Dorm. resource for the Illinois Department of patched to the flood affected areas The Joliet Correctional Center also Transportation. Each day the prison pro­ throughout west-central Illinois from the serves as the Reception and Classification vides 10 inmates who clean litter from var­ fall of 1993 through the summer of 1994. Center for the northern portion of the ious expressways in the metropolitan Inmate public service work crews were state. The past fiscal year saw a continua­ Chicago area. also involved in many other worthwhile tion of the large numbers of inmates com­ This past year Joliet CC had a number of community projects throughout the ing into the system. A total of 20,907 new staff who were recognized for their volun­ greater Springfield, Greene County and admissions were recorded. teer efforts in the community. This dedica­ Jacksonville areas. For example, assistance Educational and vocational program­ tion and involvement was recognized • was provided for festivals and events ming is an essential aspect of the activities through Brenda Edgar's "Reach Out" including the Springfield Air Rendezvous, available to the inmates at Joliet. A total of Award program. Recipients were Alsey Burgoo, Alsey Homecoming, 38 inmates received GED certificates, there Correctional Counselors Glenn Jackson, Auburn Memorial Day Picnic, Bluffs were two bachelor degrees awarded as Mary Sigler, and Warden Keith Cooper. Burgoo, Chapin Big Country Days, well as four associate degrees. A total of 13 Correctional Officer James Kimble was Chatham Sweet Com Festival, Cruise inmates received vocational certificates. selected as the Correctional Officer of the Night in Jacksonville, Franklin Burgoo, Morgan County Fair, Murrayville Burgoo, Pike County Fair, Prairie Land Heritage Museum, Sangamon County Fair and Winchester Burgoo. Crews were provided to the City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce as well as daily crews to the villages of Roodhouse and White Hall. Many staff help community organiza­ tions and provide other volunteer services throughout the year. They are involved in various youth programs that range from pre-school activities to those of college age. Employees work with church youth groups, church boards, fair boards, teach church classes, coach and referee all levels of sports, provide home health care, serve as volunteer firemen, serve on museum and arts councils and sports booster clubs. • 30 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS Year at Joliet Cc. Officer Kimble was selected based upon his excellent work record. Kimble was also cited for the pro­ fessionalism he exhibited during a fire in the West Segregation Unit in February. Lieutenant Leonard Garbs, Jr. was selected as the Employee of the Year at • Joliet. Garbs was cited for his excellent work in segregation. Garbs ensured that the units were maintained in an orderly fashion and inmates were provided with all basic services.

LINCOLN CORRECTIONAL CENTER

Opened: 1984 Capacity: 558 Minimum Security Males Accredited: January, 1992 FY1994 Average Daily Population: 854 nating the annual Lincoln fireworks dis­ Participation in theABE/GED program Average Age: 31 play, Eagles Fraternal Order Auxiliary, increased to approximately 1,200 with 116 Average Annual Cost American Business Women, local fire and certificates earned in FY1994. This is the Per Inmate: $18,986 rescue squads, Alpha Phi Omega, village first time in the history of the prison that boards and community youth groups. the number of GED graduates exceeded The Lincoln Correctional Center and the 100 inmates. The major changes this past Springfield Work Camp are involved in LOGAN year were the formation of five new edu­ numerous communily work assignments CORRECTIONAL CENTER cation classes for female inmates, one new and other projects. Work crews from these evening ABE class and the opening of an institutions have provided help to the Opened: 1977 English as a second language section for Springfield Boys and Girls Club, Little Capacity: 826 women. These changes were made possi­ Flower Heritage Days, Friends of Lincoln Medium Security Males and Females ble because an additional staff member Book Sale, Knights of Columbus, City of Reaccredited: August, 1992 was added and the morning and afternoon • Springfield, Chatham American Legion, FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,093 schedule was reorganized. Because of an Knights of Columbus, Springfield Area Average Age: 31 increasing female population, the ABE and Arts Council, Ethnic Festival, American Average Annual Cost GED school added two complete sessions. Cancer Society, RaIl Annual Golf Classic, Per Inmate: $16,498 The morning three hours is entirely for the Riverton Fall Festival, Crimes toppers of female population and the afternoon ses­ Sangamon and Menard Counties, Logan Correctional Center is located in sion for the male inmates. Sangamon County Highway Department, Lincoln. It is one of two coed institutions In addition to the annual graduation, a Macon County Fair, American Red Cross, operated by the agency. "mini-graduation" is held after each GED Lincoln Park District, City of Lincoln, Railsplitter State Park, Postville Court­ house and Springfield Catholic Charities. Community work includes such things as equipment set up and tear down, clean up, mowing, trimming, leaf collections, moving furniture, cleaning buildings, putting up and taking down Christmas lights along with loading trucks. The staff of Lincoln Correctional Center volunteer within the community in many ways. They volunteer at various nursing homes helping with senior citizens at churches and other community organiza­ tions including the Masonic Lodge and Shrine, Farm Bureau, YMCA Soccer coach, Cub Scouts, 4-H, Jaycees, Boy Scouts, • baseball and basketball coaching, coordi-

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 31 testing. Approximately 30 inmates partici­ sites across the facility. Speakers directed ments, activities for inmates age 35 and pate in each celebration and ceremony. their rl

32 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTiONS crafts programs. One volunteer received a Menard Correctional Center realize that the Multiple Security Unit. At this point, community "Golden Apple Award" for the year would be one they would never no inmates were being processed through outstanding service. Within two years he forget. the Reception and Classification Unit and gave 3,540 hours to tutoring inmates with During the spring and summer months Menard was not accepting transfers. In Project Read. of 1993, the Mississippi River flooded to order to provide adequate housing, Approximately 4,000 staff hours and record levels all across the Midwest. In Menard decreased its inmate population 14,000 inmate hours were logged by out­ FY1994, Menard experienced some minor from a count of 2,454 to 2,174. On July 19, • side work crews working for the state and inconveniences due to the river being over 1993, the institution was placed on emer­ not-far-profit organizations. Some of these flood stage. Because many acres of farm gency lockdown due to the critical situa­ groups included Community Child Care land were under water, some crop sowing tion. of Sangamon County, the Springfield had to be suspended. For a short period of On August 5, 1993, the water reached a Housing Authority, Catholic Charities, time alternate employee and visitor park­ level where the main power sources to the Illinois National Guard camps, New Salem ing arrangements were made due to water North and South Cellhouses had to be State Park, variQus schools, the City of on the north and south parking lots. The shut off. Emergency generators provided Lincoln, Lincoln Youth Center, Oasis river crested with minimal problems gallery lighting and fans for ventilation. Senior Center and the Illinois Department encountered. For a short time, water service was lost of Transportation. However, in mid-July, the Mississippi and inmates had to be taken to portable Six Logan employees received "Reach River again began to rise rapidly, exceed­ toilets which were placed outside the Out" Awards from First Lady Brenda ing the flood stage level of 27 feet with a housing units. Showers were not available Edgar for their volunteer work with orga­ crest of 49.69 feet on August 7, 1993. The for several days. Bottled water was passed nizations such as Boy Scouts, youth sports situation was critical and emergency mea­ out and ice brought in from outside the activities, Jaycees projects, Rainbow Girls sures had to be implemented and evacua­ facility. Due to the loss of the Electric Eye and participating in flood clean up pro­ tion plans developed. (Menard's main gatehouse) visitation priv­ jects. In addition, many of the staff at In many areas normal operations of the ileges were suspended for a short time Logan continue to volunteer their services facility were dislUpted. Some housing until another entry could be made by to their communities through their church­ units had to be evacuated due to the high removing a portion of the outer perimeter es and organizations such as YMCA, Girls water. It was necessary to relocate inmates structure and constructing what is now and Boys Club, Rape Crisis Center and as from the lower galleries of the North and known as Gate Two. When visitation coaches for young people and with the South Cellhouses. Inmates were trans­ resumed, the visiting area was set up in DARE Program. Construction Occupations ferred from several galleries in the East the Multi-Purpose Building until the water Instructor, Morris Akers, was honored by and West Cellhouses to alternate housing receded. the Lincoln Youth Center Board, not only in the Chapel under a dormitory-type set­ In addition to evacuation of several for the work his students did on a commu­ ting, in order to make room for the North housing units, many work sites had to be nity project, but also for his own volunteer Cellhouse inmates (Segregation and moved to new locations. This included the • efforts in the construction of the City Teen Protective Custody). Some inmates were bottom floor of the Administration Center in Lincoln. also temporarily housed in the Reception Building, the site of the newly remodeled and Classification Unit, as well as the Chief of Security / Captains Office MENARD Health Care Unit. Complex, roll call room and the adjust­ CORRECTIONAL CENTER The Farm Dormitory was evacuated on ment committee, and Bureau of July 9, 1993, and 27 inmates relocated to Identification Office. The outside mainte- Opened: 1878 Capacity: 1,460 Maximum Security Males Reaccredited: August, 1992 FY1994 Average Daily Population: 2,458 Average Age: 31 Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $16,340

The Menard Correctional Center was established in Chester on the banks of the Mississippi River in 1878. It is the second oldest penal institution in the state of Illinois and is the state's largest maximum security prison. Menard was originally built to house 1,581 adult male felons. However, recent population increases have pushed the population at the prison to nearly 2,550. Entering the spring of 1993, • little did the staff and inmates of the inSight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 33 nance nnd garage areas were also flooded. MENARD to adult male inmates who have been Cottages occupied by Menard employ­ PSYCHIATRIC CENTER diagnosed in need of the specialized ser­ ees were flooded and their families had to vices available at the facility. The program find alternate housing. Menard's green­ Opened: 1970 is overseen and managed by qualified house was destroyed. The US Post Office Capacity: 315 menta! health professionals, and programs had to be evacuated and temporary postal Maximum Security Males are provided by trained and qualified services set up on the first floor of the Reaccredited: August, 1992 treatment and custody staff. Administration Building. FY1994 Average Daily Population: 402 During FY1994, the institution experi­ • Due to the flooding, farm land on prison Average Age: 35 enced the effects of the overcrowding of property totalling 644 acres could not be Average Annual Cost the corrections system with the daily aver­ planted with any agricultural crops for the Per Inmate: $21,136 age population increasing significantly to entire 1993 growing season. In addition, over 400. In tum, the institution has been the flood destroyed 50 acres of wheat on The Menard Psychiatric Center is locat­ given appropriate budgetary resources to the prison farm. ed one mile northwest of Chester in maintain services in line with the goals Parking lots for Menard employees and Randolph County. It is a psychiatric prison and objectives of the facility. visitors were completely under water and for maximum security male inmates. The Funding for several major program and employees had to be bused to work from center is designed to house and treat men­ operational projects have been committed alternate parking sites north of the prison tally disordered offenders and those for FY1994 and into FY1995. on a vacant lot adjacent to a small shop­ inmates who are committed to the depart­ During FY1994, the institution complet­ ping complex near the Multiple Security ment as a Sexually Dangerous Person. The ed projects to address compliance with life Unit. institution has a long history dating back safety codes and to upgrade the physical Platforms were built so that employees to the late 1870's when the Board of State plant including replacement of roofs in the would not have to walk through water Commissioners of Public Charities of the cellhouse and warehouse units, replaced which almost completely covered the main State of Illinois were faced with the need hot and cold water supply and steam lines, street of the prison complex. The Water for an appropriate facility to house and addition of sprinkler systems and upgrad­ Filtration Plant was saved by the construc­ treat inmates in need of mental health ser­ ing food service equipment. These physi­ tion of levees and round-the-clock pump­ vices. The commission realiz~d neither a cal plant improvements ensured that ing of the flood waters. Levees were also hospital setting or the ordinary prison unit standards for operation of the facility fully constructed to allow emergency vehicles was a proper place for these inmates. complied with life safety codes and to gain access the institution. Emergency In May, 1879, the Thirty-First General American Correctional Association stan­ telephone service was installed to replace Assembly of Illinois authorized the Illinois dards. water damaged lines. Southern Penitentiary at Chester to build Several new programs were implement­ Maintenance crews worked around the an addition to the prison to house mental­ ed including the establishment of a living clock. Inmates assisted in filling sandbags. ly ill offenders. Ten years later, legislation skills educational lab to aid in training Security staff provided 24 hour-a-day was passed to create a separate and dis­ inmates to be self sufficient in consumer • transportation for employees to and from tinct institution for "insane convicts." The safety and social needs prior to release to the alternate parking areas. Health care facility would relieve the state mental asy­ the community. This program serves well services remained consistent and uninter­ lums from the burden of insane convicts. in conjunction with the mandatory educa­ rupted. Dietary provided three meals per In November, 1891, the first inmate tional and pre-release programs already day and a mid-morning, mid-afternoon patients were admitted to the newly built provided by the institution. and evening snack. Illinois Asylum for the Insane Criminal During the year, the Education Tetanus shots were provided for those located at Chester. The new facility Department continued to address the employees and inmates working in flood engaged immediate criticisms of inade­ needs of inmates who lacked basic adult waters. Latex gloves, protective equipment quacy in treatment and overcrowding. education skills. One hundred and thirty and clean-up kits were provided. The Red In 1936, a newly created Psychiatric nine inmates were tested during intake Cross, National Guard and Coast Guard Division was built at the site now known evaluations. Of those tested, 42 scored provided valuable support services. The as the Menard Psychiatric Center, and below the required sixth grade level in illinois Departrnent of Transportation charged with the responsibility of housing math and reading. Those inmates who delivered 11,277 tons of rock used in build­ and treating inmates in need of mental scored below the sixth grade reading and ing levees in key areas. health services. In 1970, the facility was re­ math levels were required to participate in One month after the river receded, a organized through recommendations from mandatory education programs designed massive clean-up effort was continuing. It a Governor's Task Force, which separated to bring their skills up to acceptable levels. was estimated that over $1 million would the Menard Psychiatric Center from the Students who complete the adult basic be needed to repair, rebuild and clean up Menard Correctional Center creating an education programs are encouraged and the prison. The majority of the expense autonomous institution. The reorganized guided to study for completion of aGED was necessary to repair damage at the facility was funded for upgrading of treat­ in lieu of their high school diploma. Water Filtration Plant. ment and custody services. Inmates are offered a diversified pro­ Today, the primary purpose of the gram of psychiatric, clinical, educational Menard Psychiatric Center is to provide and social services. Treatment consists of quality psychiatric treatment and custody routine psychiatric and psychological eval- • 34 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS uations, Treatment plans are devised for The inmate population has continued to including exterior painting of the Fairbury each inmate. Appropriate referrals are increase. The daily population is well Fair Grounds and growing pumpkins for made to enroll the inmate in educational, above rated capacity. As in past years, the donation to a local Jaycee chapter. vocational and clinical services to meet Protective Custody and Segregation Units Additionally, numerous small projects and treatment needs. have struggled to deal with crowded con­ procedures were initiated in various areas During FY1994 the institution complet­ ditions. During FY1994, it was necessary to of the MSU to further improve security, ed an Americans with Disabilities Act sur­ convert one general population gallery to sanitation, and day-to-day operations. '. vey to evaluate the institutions physical protective custody to accommodate the In response to inmate incidents and ability to accommodate physically chal­ increased number of protective custody securHy related issues, the Pontiac lenged inmates, staff and visitors. The sur­ placements. Correctional Center was placed on dead­ vey was completed and a plan of action A number of physical improvements lock on occasion during FY1994. Despite has been developed to make capital were made during FY1994. Electrical ser­ this interruption of normal operations, improvements. These improvements will vice was upgraded in the residential cot­ programmatic activities continued. culminate in the construction of addition­ tages and a fiber optic cable system was Instructors for MacMurray College courses al cells to house disabled inmates and installed for computer systems throughout began videotaping segments of their class­ physical improvements providing accessi­ the facility. In May, 1994, a fire destroyed a es during deadlocks so that the classes bility to living and program units. The recreational building on the Medium could be shown on closed-circuit televi­ project will improve the accessibility of the Security Unit (MSU). Temporary arrange­ sion to students confined to their cells. The facility and ensure full compliance with ments have been made to meet operational addition of computer and law clerk classes the Americans with Disabilities Act. needs while the Capital Development has been very popular with students. The physical and programmatic Board considers construction of a new School District 428 had a high rate of improvements are a continued effort by building. success with the students enrolled in the the Department to provide qua1i.ty and Approximately 1,200 new beds have mandatory academic programs. Many of effective treatment of the mentally ill been purchased and installed in the maxi­ the mandatory students have continued offender in an efficient manner. One of the mum-security cellhouses. These new beds their education beyond required levels of richest resources available to the Menard are stronger and reduce inmate opporhmi­ achievement. During FY1994, 1,081 stu­ Psychiatric Center is the diversified staff ties for making and hiding homemade dents were served by the Education and volunteers who serve at the facility. weapons. Department while 47 earned GED's, nine During the past fiscal year, approximately The MSU has made a number of earned their vocational certificates from 230 volunteers contributed over 1,500 planned improvements including a patio School District 428 and 16 earned voca­ hours of volunteer services in support of area to expand the inmate visitation area . tional certificates from MacMurray institutional programs. A large portion of New washers and dryers have been placed College. Sixteen inmates received their these volunteer services involved citizen in the dormitories and landscaping pro­ associate of arts degree from MacMurray involvement through educational, chap­ jects have improved the overall appear­ College and three inmates received a bach­ • laincy and recreation programs. These pro­ ance of the grounds area. elors of art degree. grams ate an integral part of the overall During FY1994, the MSU re-established The Chaplaincy Department processed treatment services provided to inmates a highway work crew which picked up over 100 applications for citizen volunteers housed at the Menard Psychiatric Center. more than 475 bags of roadside garbage and conducted training for those who during the work season. Inmate work berame involved. A Volunteer crews provided other community services Appreciation Day was held on April 23, PONTIAC CORRECTIONAL CENTER , Opened: 1871 Capacity: 1,258 Maximum Security Males Reaccredited: August, 1992 FY1994 Average Daily Population: 2,101 Average Age: 31 Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $18,326

The Pontiac Correctional Center is one of two adult correctional facilities located in Livingston County and was originally built as a boys reformatory. In 1933, the institution became a part of the illinois State Penitentiary system and changed its name to the Illinois State Penitentiary, Pontiac Branch. In 1970, the Department of • Corrections was created and facility was renamed the Pontiac Correctional Center. inSight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 35 1994, for many of the regular volunteers ROBINSON CORRECTIONAL During FY1994, School District 428 pro­ for this facility. The Chaplaincy CENTER vided adult basic education services to 298 Department was active in other areas as inmates with 87 inmates completing the wf'll including the processing of over 200 ABE program. Additionally, GED services Opened: 1991 marriage applications and performance of were provided to 388 inmates with 112 Capacity: 600 80 marriages. The chaplains also coordi­ inmates receiving their GED certificates. In Minimum Security Males nated the Easter and Christmas card distri­ February, 1994, an additional ABE instruc­ Accredited: January, 1992 bution a11d the Salvation Army Toy Lift. tor was hired permitting evening classes to • FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,003 This year, chaplaincy staff held three dif­ be offered. Average Age: 30 ferent multi-day seminars at the Medium A special program worth mentioning is Average Annual Cost Security Unit. Project FUTURE, which involves inmates Per Inmate: $13,735 Virtually all clinical services staff are and their families in the visiting room. now involved in the Family Services Project FUTURE stands for Families Program which assists inmates in main­ Robinson Correctional Center is a mini­ United Together - Ultimate Reading taining positive parenti child relation­ mum security facility located in Crawford Experience. The program takes place on a ships. Substance abuse treatment and County one mile north of Robinson and weekly basis with inmates and their fami­ education is also available for those approximately seven miles from the lies learning literacy and parenting skills. inmates who admit substance abuse histo­ Indiana border. The rated capacity of this Forty six inmate families participated in ries. Also, several modifications were facility is 600. However, during FY1994, tltis program during FY1994. Project made in evaluation procedures to assess the population reached as high as 1,080. At FUTURE is a direct result of community potential aggressiveness of inmates and of the end of FY1994, staff count is at 291, involvement with the Robinson Library determine housing placements. including six captains, 13 lieutenants, 12 with library personnel providing weekly In the Health Care Unit, more emphasis sergeants and 183 correctional officers. instruction. has been placed on patient education in Inmate transfer trends for this facility Lincoln Trail College provided vocation­ dental, sick call, clinics and mental health during the fourth quarter ofFY1994 reflect al programming for 225 inmates, and bac­ needs. Staff have had more educational a substantial increase compared to the calaureate classes were provided to 281 opportunities through attendance at semi­ same period in FY1993. Inmates trans­ inmates. Lincoln Trail College awarded nars and by using purchased materials. A ferred into the facility during the fourth five associate degrees and 37 college voca­ nurse health educator has improved the quarter of FY1994 rose to 653, an increase tional certificates during FY1994. A total of services in High Risk lllness Clinics where of 19% fromFY1993. Inmate transfers out 30 academic courses were offered during pre and post test counseling is done for during the fourth quarter of FY1994 this fiscal year. inmates treated for HIV infection. totalled 581 as compared to 540 in FY1993, Additional vocational classes in floor Correctional Industries expanded their an increase of 7.5%. Total movement care maintenance, parenting, and marriage production of reflective decals for police reflects a 13.3% increase. and family planning have been incorporat­ and government vehicles. They manufac­ A positive result produced by the ed into the college curriculum. • tured and installed decals on 95 cars, 11 increase in population and movement has The Clinical Services Department has support vehicles and a bus. The program been an increased effort by staff to use expanded its parenting program with four has served well over 100 police agencies their skills more efficiently and to become counselors trained in the instruction of and is growing in popularity. more innovative and look for new solu­ parenting classes. A total of 48 inmates The Leisure Time Activities Unit tions in order to meet objectives. received certificates from parenting classes expanded holiday athletic events to include both the maximum and medium security facilities. Tne membership of the Jaycees organizaton was expanded to 55 inmates due to an overall increase in the population. Computer services for staff were expanded with the addition of 19 personal computers at various work stations. A fiber optics network was installed, making it possible for the facility to communicate with existing statewide computer opera­ tions. The Training Department is now able to communicate with the agency Training Academy and schedule staff for various courses. This expansion has great­ ly enhanced the technical capabilities of this facility. • 36 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS in FY1994, with a commitment to expand food storage cabinet was put in service. encouraged as a result of this training. the parenting program during FY1995. The Dietary implemented a new inmate Special training concerning sexual substance abuse treatment program was work schedule that allows for inmate harassment, staff/inmate relations, cultur­ moved from Housing Unit Two to workers to be present during production al diversity and hostage situations was Housing Unit One during FY1994 V>lith and service time. A cleaning program was presented to Robinson Correctional Center approximately 85 inmates receiving daily implemented in dietary which resulted in staff. services. a exceptionally clean and sanitary Dietary Robinson Correctional Center staff who • On January 14, 1994, an orientation dor­ Department. have regular contact with inmates received mitory was established in Housing Unit The Maintenance Department complet­ first aid training during FY1994. Two. While the orientation process has ed the installation of ladders to all top The Training Department coordinated always been an integral part of program­ beds in all living units. Wiring and the the use of the RCC firing range with the ming, this unit gives orientation the atten­ installation was completed for the FACTS Paris Work Camp and Danville tion it deserves focusing on explaining system at the inmate commissary and Correctional Center. inmate expectations, as well as an orga­ dietary. The institutional barber shop supervisor nized approach to provide programming Maintenance completed the erection of a and the Health Care Unit coordinated a assistance as inmates plan their participa­ greehouse and the installation of heat and educational class for inmate population on tion at the facility. water utilities for the structure. the subject of tuberculosis and various On Apri120, 1994, the Third Annual A washer and dryer was installed in the methods to prevent the spread of tubercu­ Volunteer Luncheon was held with a total Dietary Department so they could do their losis. of 60 volunteers receiving recognition for own laundry, including jumpsuits worn by During FY1994, 10 Robinson CC their contributions to substance abuse the inmate dietary workers. employees received First Lady Brenda counseling, educational tutors and chap­ Equipment purchases for security Edgar'S "Reach Out" Award. laincy volunteers. included a public address system for The Leisure Tune Services Department Tower Five in the recreation yard and pro­ SHAWNEE has increased its activities in the area of tective vests for the SERT team. CORRECTIONAL CENTER community involv~ment. Sports officiating The public work crew continues to serve has expanded to include soccer, Babe Ruth the community with work projects. Opened: 1984 baseball and high school baseball. Inmate Projects served by the work detail are city Rated Capacity: 1,046 choral groups continue to perform for both parks, Village of Hutsonville, Village of Medium Security Males church and civic events. Additionally, the Palestine, Village of Oblong, community Reaccredited: August, 1992 art program provided Christmas decora­ schools, Robinson and Palestine FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,579 tions for the local courthouse lawn and Cemeteries, Palestine Chamber of Average Age of Inmates: 30 plans to expand this program. Commerce and the Robinson Chamber of Average. \nnual Cost • Robinson Correctional Center held its Commerce. Per Inmate: $12,958 second annual golf outing in August, with Joint efforts between the Security proceeds of $2,000 being donated to Cra­ Department and Maintenance Department Wa-La. 1his organization provides youth in the production of vegetables In intervention services in Crawford, Wabash Robinson Correctional Center gardens pro­ and Lawrence counties. vided tomatoes, green beans, and peppers Due to the increase in inmate popula­ for use in inmate meals. tion, the dietary service is currently serv­ A weapon free environment committee ing 72,000 to 75,000 meals a month. was put into place consisting of security Dietary brought on one new staff member staff, program staff and operations staff for inFY1994. the purpose of reducing the availability of The Dietary Department in conjunction materials for weapons. This committee with the Health Care Unit, conduded a additionally addressed the control of diabetic education clinic and addressed materials for the production of homemade the Alcoholics Anonymous group con­ liquor or "hooch." cerning the effects of substance abuse and The Robinson Correctional Center nutrition. Training Department also became Dietary also put into service a stand involved in the community. Crawford alone computer for inventory control, Memorial Hospital requested and received dietetic survey documentation and menu training in cultural diversity. This instruc­ control/ generation. A change in serving tion was delivered to Crawford Memorial milk from individual cartons to bulk and Hospital staff at the hospital and positive self serve has resulted in financial savings feedback was received from hospital staff and reduced waste. A FACTS system was concerning this training. A positive atmo­ installed in dietary which records the sphere between Crawford Memorial number of inmate meals served. Because Hospital staff and inmate population who • of the need for hot food storage, a heated are sent to the hospital for treatment was insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 37 The Shawnee Correctional Center, locat­ trimming weeds on public properties and yield efficiency, quantity, and quality at ed adjacent to·the Vienna Correctional removal of snow and ice from sidewalks every step, from raw material through the Center, was opened in 1984. The facility is and roadways during winter. The facility complete manufacturing process. The sys- seven miles east of Vienna. The facility's has been publicly recognized for these tem has allowed Shawnee to meet cus- • administration includes the supervision of community service efforts. tomer demands with quality products and the Hardin County Work Camp. It oper­ The work camp routinely assists local prompt delivery. ates as a minimum security satellite facili­ communities in preparation and clean-up Shawnee also makes items that become ty,located on Route 1 in Hardin County. for local celebrations and public events raw materials for other correctional indus­ The current population at the main facility held annually in the community. Work tries around the state. Some of those prod­ is 1,600. The work camp confines 175 camp creWs also assist Southeastern ucts include aluminum sign blanks and inmates for a total population of 1,775 at Illinois College in clean-up efforts. bed frames and specialty hardware for fur­ both facilities. The community involvement of staff is niture plants. Specially built processing The facility has experienced the effects diverse. Dozens of staff are involved in fixtures, equipment and parts are made for of prison crowding since FY1989. The youth sports activities, includlng youth other Illinois Correctional Industries shops instituti0n was required to make available softball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, hunt­ as well as for the Shawnee metal furniture additional beds by double celling. As a ing and t-ball. Staff are also provide volun­ plant. result of the crowding concerns, the facili­ teer work for 4-H activities, Christian The Education Department continues to ty has concentrated on the expansion of youth movements, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, coordinate and update the PreStart pro­ meaningful work assignments and pro­ Special Olympics, Sunday school and gram. This program is a requirement for gram offerings available to inmates. church activities, school boards, bicycling, all inmates prior to release. The program The recreation department provides foster parenting, National Guard and requires the inmates to attend 30 hours of inmates the opportunity to participate in reserve duties, volunteer firefighting, vol­ instruction in areas of survival skills, job intramural activities which include soft­ unteer emergency services, pastoring and acquisition and social skills needed follow­ ball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, and flag counseling. Staff also volunteer their time ing release. football. Advanced skilled varsity pro­ with such entities as the American Cancer The Clinical Services Department pro­ grams are also offered. Inmate arts and Society, l\merican Lung Association, local vides individual counseling to those crafts programs provide for marketing of community centers, American Red Cross, demonstrating an acute need. The institu­ inmate products to the public in the visit­ and an array of fraternal organizations. tional psychologist conducts individual ing room. There are five institutional musi­ Several Shawnee staff have been recog­ counseling for inmates experiencing a per­ cal bands within the music program, nized for their community involvement sonal crisis. Population increases and the which provide entertainment to the gener­ with a Reach Out Award from First Lady absence of increased clinical staffing are • al population. An "Over 35" program is Brenda Edgar. creating a concern for future program included in the activities available to older The Correctional Industries program at expansion in this area. inmates. All recreational programs have the Shawnee Correctional Center currently The Education Department continues to been expanded to provide meaningful has 60 inmates assigned on one shift. provide programming and s<~rvices to leisure time activities to the increasing These inmates, under staff supervision, inmates. Due to an increase in inmate pop­ inmate population. engage in the development and manufac­ ulation and a decrease in staff available, The institution regularly schedules two turing of precision sheet metal products. the number of inmates served has inmate family picnics each summer, pro­ The program faces the challenge of provid­ decreased. During 1994,48 inmates passed viding picnic meals and yard entertain­ ing metal institutional furniture for the the GED test. On three different test dates, ment for inmates and their families. Department of Corrections in its current 100% of inmates tested passed the exam at The Shawnee Correctional Center period of dramatic growth. Additionally, the Hardin County Work Camp. At the inmates and staff have, since 1987, con­ the Correctional Industries program at the Shawnee Correctional Center, 100% of the ducted an annual food drive to benefit the prison is involved in developing new inmates passed on one test date. needy in southern Illinois. Voluntary products. As a result of the department's manda­ inmate and staff contributions for the first Shawnee staff and inmates are currently tory minimum literacy requirements, seven years of the drive have resulted in involved in the development and manu­ inmates on waiting lists for adult basic donation of over 30 tons of food, ;valued at facturing of a complete line of lockers. education reached a total of 238 during the approximately $19,000 to the needy just Products of this nature appeal to markets year. This backlog has created an addition­ prior to Christmas. within corrections as well as many other al concern. The number of inmates on The Hardin County Work Camp has, approved markets, which will improve waiting lists for voluntary instruction in through community work programs, pro­ and stabilize production for the plant. GED and vocational training classes is also vided a variety of public services. Inmate Shawnee Correctional Center Industries growing. Recently, an ABE instructor was work !:rews regularly assist in areas such remains a trend setter in Illinois employed in response to this issue. as cleaning/clearing and restoring ceme­ Correctional Industries (lCI). Products are In FY1994, 531 inmates were served teries, building and maintaining hiking created according to an in-house material through Southeastern Illinois College at trails through state and federal parks and resource planning program. With this sys­ the Shawnee Correctional Center and the recreation areas. Other work includes tem, product components are manufac­ Hardin County Work Camp. Southeastern • picking up trash and litter in communities, tured then stocked for use as needed. Illinois College issued 84 certificates of along roadways and parks, mowing grass, Components are monitored for cost and completion for the vocational education

38 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS programs, two associate of applied science effective, and efficient facility the adminis­ dependency and substance abuse treat­ degrees and seven associate of liberal I tration has had to compensate for a variety ment started at Sheridan in September, studies degrees. of concems relating directly to crowding 1990. The program has expanded and now Vocational education programs continue issues. Programs have been expanded, serves a population of 280 inmates. This is to make sizeable contributions to the oper­ new work assignments have been created, a nine month program involving three ation of the Shawnee Correctional Center. and additional services have been provid­ phases. Phase One (which includes an ori­ Printing services are provided by the ed to keep pace with the increase in popu­ entation phase) extends approximately • graphic arts programs, computer pro­ lation. The continued commitment is to two to three months. Phase Two (intensive grams are developed and existing pro-' instill responsibility and mature decision treatment) lasts approximately three to grams are modified for several making in inmates by providing a safe and five months and Phase Three (after care) is departments within the institution by the secure environment and meaningful pro­ one to two months long. computer technology program. gramming. Classes offered by School District 428 at Department vehicles and equipment are Sheridan include adult basic education, provided service and maintenance by the SHERIDAN English as a second language, special edu­ diesel mechanics programs. The industrial CORRECTIONAL CENTER cation for inmates with a learning disabili­ plant maintenance program provides sup­ ty, Chapter One (remedial reading and port for the maintenance department and math), GED (grade eight lev-el and higher), Opened: 1941 the prison industries operation. barbering and building maintenance. A Capacity: 624 Community contributions to senior citi­ new class in cooperative work training Medium Security Males zens organizations are made by the food was added in FY1994 with heavy empha­ Reaccredited: October, 1993 service program at the Hardin County sis in parenting and job skills. FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,052 Work Camp. The computer technology Illinois Valley Community College offer­ Average Age: 23 program became fully functional as a ings include academic course work toward Average Annual Cost remedial! developmental lab for inmates an associate degree in general studies or Per Inmate: $16,809 in basic education and post-secondary an associate degree in arts, vocational classes. Educational services are provided classes in culinary arts, small engine by the lab two evenings each week. The Sheridan Correctional Center,loeat­ repair, commercial custodial and automo­ Roosevelt University has offered upper ed approximately 70 miles west of Chicago tive technology programs. level academic classes to inmates at the near the Village of Sheridan, was con­ A computer lab in the academic school Shawnee Correctional Center since 1989. structed in 1941 as a juvenile facility. In building provides a program of computer­ Roosevelt University students can eam 1973 it was converted to an adult facili~v assisted instruction designed to help ABE bachelor degrees in general studies which and in 1990, the center was incorporated and GED students increase their proficien­ follows the same academic standards into the Village of Sheridan. The resulting cy in reading and mathematics. • required at the main campus in Chicago. relationship allows for many services to be I The literacy volunteers program known The present program combines a focus on offered as an exchange of good will by the acronym READ (Residents academic skills and liberal arts require­ between the center and the neighboring Encouraging Academic Development) ments. The program has been a welcome community. At the end of FY1994, the involves approximately 15 inmate tutors addition to the overall academic and voca­ Sheridan Correctional Center housed 1,097 and five community volunteers tutoring 30 tional courses available to inmates at the inmates. There are 386 staff employed. inmates at a time on a small group basis facility. The Gateway program for chemical three evenings each week. The Health Care Unit eamed accredita­ tion with commendation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in March, 1991 and re-accredited in March, 1994, for a three-year period. The Health Care Unit is staffed with professional medical personnel 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The Health Care Unit provides 24 hour emergency care and infirmary services, conducts annual and biennial physical exams and provides health education. The unit makes available daily inmate sick call, chronic disease clinics, stress management counseling, dental hygiene and den~al treatment. A mental health professional is available in the Health Care Unit for men­ tal health evaluation and treatment Monday through Friday. In its effort to operate as a progressive,

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 39 At present Sheridan is pioneering a pro­ unit should be ready for occupancy in the Tirevold, Bill Hollein, Ron Hudkins, gram that will computerize inmate disci­ summer of 1995. Charles Fish, Laura Tirevold, Ronald Reed plinary histories and is expected to serve The facility continues to provide the ser­ and Jacques Beardsley. as a model for statewide conversion of vices of its staff and inmates in picking up In an effort to maintain the Sheridan such records. litter along designated state highways in Correctional Center as an institution which The PreStart program continues as an cooperation with the Illinois Department is safe and secure for staff, inmates, visi­ integral part of the process in preparing of Transportation. In addition, an inmate tors and the general public, a concerted inmates for successful release into the work crew is assigned to load vehicle tires effort was made to keep the prison community with a series of ten instruc­ at Department of Transportation garages weapon-free and alcohol-free. Plans were tional modules over a two week period. for recycling by Correctional Industries. designed and implemented to minimize Sheridan was the second state correc­ Local road crews are dispatched season­ the risk that material, supplies, fixtures or tional facility in Illinois to implement a ally to maintain school yards, ball parks, equipment could be used to fashion peer education program for inmates. museum grounds and cemeteries in weapons or alcohol. Selected inmates who have completed and Sheridan and Norway. Street cleaning ser­ passed a formal training session present vices are provided in conjunction with STATEVILLE programs on current issues regarding local holiday celebrations. The Sheridan CORRECTIONAL CENTER ffiV / AIDS and sexually transmitted dis­ Correctional Center continues to dedicate eases to fellow inmates. The peer educa­ inmate help, under the supervision of Opened: 1925 tors are monitored under supervision of staff, to the maintenance of the Marseilles Capacity: 1,506 the institution's Health Care Unit. The National Guard Armory. In an effort to Maximum Security Males Health Care Unit provides professional instill a greater sense of responsibility, Reaccredited: January, 1991 health care services for inmates. The pride, and caring for physical surround­ FY1994 Average Daily Population: 2,317 importance of health education in promot­ ings the grounds beautification project Average Age: 31 ing healthy living, disease prevention, continued as a priority at Sheridan. Average Annual Cost communicable disease prevention, physi­ Plantings, landscaping and lawn mainte­ Per Inmate: $18,186 cal, mental and social well-being of nance throughout the facility were given inmates is a continuing concern. Inmates special attention under this program. Construction of the Stateville are given the opportunity to attend In terms of cOInmunity services by the Correctional Center began in 1916, and the monthly health education programs, view institution, this past year the Sheridan center was opened March 9, 1925. It is sur­ health related videos, receive health care Correctional Center donated the proceeds rounded by a 33-foot high wall with guard educational handouts/pamphlets and from its garden project to the Aurora Food towers. Sixty-four acres lie within the con­ request individual counseling and training Pantry associated with Hessed House, a crete walls with an additional 2,200 acres programs. homeless shelter in Aurora. outside the walls. Seven housing units are Correctional Industries has expanded During FY1994, several Sheridan staff located within the walls. Unit F is panopti­ • into auto body repair in addition to furni­ members were recipients of Reach Out con, or circular in design, with a guard ture refinishing and reupholstery pro­ Awards for volunteering within the com­ tower in the center. There are no other grams. munity presented by Brenda Edgar. These panopticon units currently in operation in The Starved Rock Library System gener­ awards were received by Viki Olsen, any other prison in the United States. ously donated several thousand dollars Robert Hadley, Robert Bliss, Willard Cellhouse B is rectangular and is longest worth of shelving to the facility. These Osborne, Jr., Michael D. Williams, Kurt rectangular cellhouse in the world. shelves will be used in various locations within the institution, including the Library, Administration Building, Armory and numerous storage areas throughout the facility. A new water tower was erected last year as part of a utility upgrade project. The project was completed this year. with the demolition of the old tower. This project can adequately address the water require­ ments for an inmate population of approx­ imately 1,700. In further response to the expanding population, the armory underwent exten­ sive construction which will approximate­ ly double the size of that area. The improved addition also is explosion-proof. In March, ground breaking occurred for the construction of a new housing unit consisting of 224 cells. The new housing • 40 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS Cellhouses H and I are housing units fea­ Education programs at Stateville oper­ Youth Association, Mothers Against turing the "K" design. Other housing units ate under the direction of School District Gangs, the illinois Association of Hispanic are Unit G, Unit X where executions take 428. School District 428 has entered into a State Employees, Rainbow Council Boy place and the Special Evaluation Unit. In contractual agreement with Lewis Scouts, Will County Hispanic Task Force, addition to the housing units located with­ University to provide college credit and Chicago Area Latino Mentor's in the walls. Stateville also has a minimum selected vocational courses at Stateville. Association, Hispanics in Action, • security unit located approximately one The college credit program allows stu­ Hispanics in State Law Enforcement mem­ mile ITom the main facility. dents to attend courses taught by Lewis ber, Will Count-j Big Brother Big Sister, Stateville was initially awarded University staff. Twelve to 14 courses are Midwest Gang Investigation Association, American Correctional Association accred­ offered each semester. North American Association of Wardens & itation status on January 16, 1985, and was Vocational classes include small engine Superintendents, illinois Women of Law reaccredited on January 12, 1988, January repair, data processing, commercial custo­ Enforcement, Midwest - Northeast Voter 14,1991, and January 17, 1994. dian, building maintenance and barber Registration Education Project, American The Stateville Correctional Center is an college. These programs are completed in Correctional Association, Lawrence Hall adult male maximum security facility one year and are certified by the college. Youth Services, National Education Center, which currently houses over 2,000 In December, 1990, a program was initi­ Middle School Mentor Program, Moraine inmates. Stateville is administered under a ated by the Department rewarding certain Valley Community College - Advisory unit management system. Seven living qualifying inmates limited time off their Board on Criminal Justice, North Central units are supervised by unit managers sentences for successful completion of Accreditation -board member for the Joliet responsible for daily operations. These school programs. Approximately 250 Central High School, trainer and consul­ units are operated independently of each inmates are enrolled in adult basic educa­ tant on gangs to Council 31 - AFSCME, other. A full complement of security, cleri­ tion, 125 in college classes and 50 in voca­ and as an instructor for the College of cal, clinical, medical and administrative tional programs at Stateville. DuPage on prison gangs. staff are assigned to each unit. Work The Leisure Time Sel'Vices department The center's administration encourages assignments and minor discipline are han­ conducts programs in a modem multi-pur­ employee community interaction and ser­ dled by committees in each unit. pose building and a renovated cultural vice. Achievements and contributions by Construction of a modem Health Care arts center. Currently, eight full-time staff staff include several volunteer leaders in Unit was completed in December, 1989. members, with help from volunteers, orga­ programs with the Boy Scouts of America The unit is composed of a 22-bed infir­ nize programs in drama, music, ceramics, and fund raising efforts and programs of mary with 24-hour health care servicES, art, football, softball, basketball, weightlift­ the Will County Big Brother, Big Sister seven days a week. The unit is staffed by ing, intramural sports and handball. The Program and their annual bowling benefit three full-time physicians, as well as sever­ department provides moviE>-, arranges that helps raise over $4,000 each year for al consulting physicians who hold special­ special performances by outside musical charity. A successful employee voter regis­ • ty clinics on site including surgery, and theater groups and sponsors three art tration drive, coordinated by employees of ophthalmology, optometry, urology, ortho­ shows annually. The department main­ the union local, was conducted on center pedics, diabetes, hypertension, podiatry, tains a Jaycees chapter that provides train­ grounds. asthma and infectious diseases. Health ser­ ing and program services to the general Many employees serve as grade vices which cannot be provided on site are population at Stateville and the Minimum school/junior high athletic directors, provided by regional health care facilities. Security Unit. The department also coordi­ coaches, umpires and referees assisting Approximately 80 employees are nates staff participation in sporting event. local Little League Baseball and soccer involved in the health care program at The prison offers independ.ent self­ organizations, the Salvation Army Stateville and approximately 200 patients improvement programs directed by the Basketball Camps for Chicago Inner-city are seen daily. The Health Care Unit was chaplaincy, clinical services and mental youths within housing projects such as accredited in December, 1992, by the Joint health departments. Mental health staff Henry Homer Homes, Abla Homes and Commission on Accreditation of provide both individual and group pro­ Le Clair Court and the Spanish American Healthcare Organizations. It is the first grams through a psychologist and licensed Basketball League of Aurora. Still others maximum security Health Care Unit in the psychiatrists. have volunteered as a host family in the United States to receive this accreditation. Stateville Correctional Center has expe­ high school exchange programs and assist­ Stateville employs approximately 160 rienced a dramatic increase in the use of ed local arts programs such as the Joliet inmates and nine staff in Correctional volunteers from the community since Orchestra. Industries. The garment shop produces FY199Z. Approximately 400 persons, Other community involvement is shown pants, jackets, jumpsuits, highway safety under the direction of the chaplaincy by volunteers with the Crisis Intervention vests, kitchen whites and nylon wind­ department, now regularly donate time Program answering their 24-hour crisis hot breakers. The soap shop provides laundry and effort to the inmate population. line and numerous volunteer and other detergent, bar soap, sanitizers, disinfec­ Staff also volunteer many hours to char­ civic activities such as an advocate for tant, scouring powder and shampoo. itable organizations in the community. The exceptional children. In a combined man­ Products manufactured by the furniture warden is extensively involved in commu­ agement! employee/ union effort during factory include desks, chairs, office furni­ nity affairs including the National the Easter holiday, employee volunteers ture and storage cabinets. Total industry Association of Latino Elected and visited children in area hospitals distribut­ sales at Stateville for FY1994 were $2.6 mil­ Appointed Officials, the Mexican Athletic ing gifts. • lion.

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 41 Several staff also provided support ser­ vices as members of the illinois National Guard duriitg recent flooding of the Mississippi and illinois River basins. Stateville Correctional Center's road crews are traditionally seen collecting highway litter between Joliet and Chicago, and are now working to clear unwanted • brush within the neighboring Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve. The inmates working at the nature pre­ serve are housed at Stateville's Minimum Security Unit. One day a week the crews help natural resource managers restore prairie to its pre-settlement appearance and health. With hand shears and bow saws, the Stateville inmates battle dense thickets of the pervasive blackthorn and the natural resource managers apply her­ bicides to the stumps. Such large-scale brush cutting is an essential component of Eighty-four inmates also took advantage unit is unique in that it incorporates a dual prairie management, but it's difficult for of a commercial driver's license study treatment approach for inmates designat­ Forest Preserve Staff and the district's vol­ course taught by inmates who have been ed for intensive treatment. The Gateway unteers to accomplIsh alone. over-the-road truck drivers, in preparation Program provides intensive education and The forest preserve manager stated, ''It of becoming licensed CDL drivers upon peer support in assisting addictive person­ would take years for us to make a dent in release. alities. In.rnates who require less intensive the same area," referring to the acres the Evening programs in data processing treatment and aftercare will enter DOC inmates were clearing. "In fact, it could and business management were made staffed programming. These programs have progressed to the point of no return, available in FY1994 through Lincoln Land work together to build a strong foundativn with substantial loss of native prairie Community College, which doubled the for living a life of sobriety. Since the open- plants./1 This program was initiated in number of students being served. ing of the unit, 454 inmates have enrolled • 1990. Since that time, more than 20 acres Vocational certificates were earned by 125 in drug programming on a full and part- I have been cleared. This program runs students and 16 students earned their time basis. Of this number, 76% have suc­ from March through November. associate degrees. cessfully completed the Recovery Unit Two new programs were offered in program. TAYLORVILLE FY1994. They are cooperative work train­ The Taylorville Correctional Center CORRECTIONAL CENTER ing and remedial education. The work presently enjoys the organized volunteer training program gives students the services of 230 men and women. Speakers Opened: 1990 opportunity to gain practical, on-the-job and coordinators are provided throughout Capacity: 600 work experience while also attending the year for Alcoholics Anonym>:lUs and Maximum Security Males classes with information on good work Narcotics Anonymous and groups meet at Accredited: January, 1992 habits, independent living, parenting and least three times per week. Volunteers also FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,009 family responsibilities. The remedial edu­ assist in ongoing biweekly PreStart and lit­ Average Age: 31 cation program provides students with eracy programs. Chapel volunteers repre­ Average Annual Cost small group instructional assistance and senting Jews, Muslims, Moors, Roman Per Inmate: $13,836 one-on-one tutoring to help improve basic Catholics and 21 protestant denominations math and reading skills. and ministries provide 11 worship ser­ The Taylorville Correctional Center is The college program also constructed vices, seven Bible studies and two days of located on illinois Route 29, approximately two pavilions for the recreation yard area, individual spiritual counseling and direc­ 30 miles southeast of Springfield. The a children's play house for the Ronald tion by professional clergy every week. facility was constructed as a 600-man McDonald House, outdoor Christmas dec­ Many community projects were facility and currently houses 1,100 orations for the TaylorVille Lions Club and addressed on a daily basis during FY1994, inmates, display easels for the Taylorville Art including several local festivals, fairs and During FY1994, the educational pro­ Association. The culinary arts class also clean-up projects at Pana, Rosemond, grams served 923 inmates in full and part­ provided refreshments for the Springfield Shelbyville, Raymond, Springfield and time academic and vocational classes. Boys and Girls Club. Taylorville. Road crews were also instru­ Included in this total were 69 students Taylorville Correctional Center is com­ mental in cleaning local highways and who attained their GED certificates, and 37 mitted to the treatment of substance abuse. country roads, maintenance on local ceme- • students who completed their sixth grade /I A New Way of Life" Recovery Unit teries, set-up / tear-down of Festival of reading and math requirements. opened its doors on Nov. 22, 1993. Thi..c; Lights and Springfield Air Rendezvous,

42 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS and other projects requiring inmate assis­ the community at a Christmas party spon­ remodeling of an Industry office building, tance. Total man hours for FY1994 were sored by Taylorville Fire Department and sewer upgrade, soffit enclosure, M 14,295, with 93,500 pounds of trash collect­ local businesses. Dormitory shower improvement, rehabili­ ed by the work crews . Facility staff continue to work with com­ tation of the Auto Body Building, and Sewing machines provided by Wal Mart munity leaders and organi.zations to focus upgrading of the outlying heating system. were used to repair approximately 50 on delinquency prevention and victim The G Dormitory repair project is continu­ • boxes of damaged clothing for distribution assistance programs. A number of employ­ ing. to underprivileged families in the commu­ ees volunteer in their communities at pro­ The Educational Department provided nity. grams and organizations such as YMCA, services to 1,590 inmates in full and part­ Inmates assigned to the VOSH Project Jaycees, Boy Scouts, Youth Athletic time academic/vocational classes. This (Volunteer Optometry Services to Association, Moose Lodge, Safe Haven, as represents an average of 510 students Humanity) cleaned, repaired, categorized rescue squad members and at local receiving services each month. These ser­ by prescription strength, bagged and churches. vices are best represented by 138 GED labeled an estimated 1 million pairs of eye­ awards, 101 vocational certificates of com­ glasses, which are available for worldwide VANDALIA pletion, 64 one-year vocational certificates, distribution by VOSH State Chapters. CORRECTIONAL CENTER and 10 associate of art degrees. The auto The Taylorville Correctional Center mechanics program was greatly enhanced Veterans Group and the Taylorville Park Opened: 1921 by the construction of a new building, and District co-sponsored a three-on-three bas­ Rated Capacity: 750 repair of another building for use in the ketball tournament on June 25,1994, at Minimum Security Males program. These facilities will greatly Taylorville Manners Park. The event raised Reaccredited: October, 1992 improve this vocational program. $650 in scholarship funds for the educa­ FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,063 The Clinical Services staff at Vandalia tion costs of a Christian County veteran's Average Age of Inmates: 30 not only provide counseling services to child. A punt, pass, and kick competition Average Annual Cost inmates, but they are also involved in the was also held with the Taylorville Park Per Inmate: $15,833 PreStart program, drug awareness groups, District on September 11, 1993. grievance hearings, crisis intervention, and Two blood drives were held during The Vandalia Correctional Center is a work with various committees. These staff FY1994. The first was held on November Minimum Security Correctional Center members have initiated 2,063 work release 15,1993. Fifty-eight staff attempted to which houses male felons. Located 85 applications and 704 transfer applications. donate, with 51 pints of blood collected. miles southeast of Springfield, the The Vandalia Correctional Center contin­ The second was held on May 13, 1994, Vandalia Correctional Center was initially ues to process qualified inmates for with 40 employees participating. designed and operated as a prison farm awards of meritorious good time (MGT) A benefit was held on Nov. 6, 1993 for a housing misdemeanants. It has been reno­ and supplemental MGT. • Taylorville Correctional Center vated and reprogrammed to house felons. Volunteers continue to provide assis­ Correctional Officer diagnosed with bone The Vandalia Correctional Center may tance with essential services, such as Bible cancer. Approximately 350 people attend­ house up to 1,078 inmates. studies, worship groups, and pastoral ed, with over $10,000 raised. A bowling During this reporting period the counseling. Volunteers are represented by tournament was also held on Nov. 12, Vandalia Correctional Center has complet­ numerous interns who complete studies 1993, with the majority of the proceeds ed numerous improvements including under the guidance and supervision of donated to the employee. underground storage tank removal, qualified staff. Volunteers also teach litera- A Taylorville Correctional Center employee, while on his way home from work, rescued an 11-year-old girl from her burning home on Feb. 23, 1994. Four other employees also assisted. A special recogni­ tion ceremony attended by the girl and her family was held on March 8,1994. Clothing and cash were also donated by employees to the family. A food drive was held during November, 1993, with $1,041 of food donated by inmates and $367 in cash, as well as canned goods donated by staff. The money and canned goods were dis­ tributed to Taylorville and Pana food pantries. A toy drive was also held during November. New and used toys in good • condition were given to needy children in insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 43 ------,

cy to those inmates who are unable to read 1'1 the English language. r- Correctional Industries provides other o correctional centers with beef, pork, polish sausage, lunch meats, corned beef, milk and assorted juices. Additionally, Industries harvested hay, haylage, com, ~,..:o~;><;",''' .'" • soybeans, wheat, silage and straw. Q Industries processed 1,602,313 pounds of raw milk and 1,846,159 pounds of beef. The new $500,000 milk processing machine easily handles the raw milk pro­ cess. The Health Care Unit provided sick call services to approximately 17,000 inmates, with other services including optometry, surgery, dental, podiatry and psychiatric call lines. Specialty clinics with a number of inmates are offered including asthma, cardiovascular /hypertension, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy and tuberculosis. The VIENNA cept to enhance the inmates' awareness staff includes eight who are ACLS certi­ CORRECTIONAL CENTER that they must be prepared to return to fied. They conduct communicable disease society and the need for each of them to and AIDS/HN education classes through­ Opened: 1965 learn how to responsibly interact with out the year. The Health Care Unit has Capacity: 845 other individuals as a primary part of their provided staff for two employee blood Minimum Security Males preparation for release into the free com­ drives, an employee health fair, hepatitis Reaccredited: August, 1991 munity. and influenza vaccinations and TB screens FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,092 The expanded facility provided the for staff and inmates during the year. Average Age: 31 capability of housing 569 men in individu­ The adoption of Simma Park, one of Average Annual Cost al rooms in a total of six housing units. Vandalia's City Parks, by the Vandalia Per Inmate: $17,950 Housing units are arranged around the • Correctional Center has greatly enhanced town square which contains the dining the citizens usage of a park which had The Vienna Correctional Center,located facility, library, chapels, commissary, bar- been all but abandoned by the youth of the in southern Illinois adjacent to the ber shop and gymnasium. community. Shawnee National Forest, is considered to With the opening of the expanded facili­ Crews from the Vandalia Work Camp be one of the most innovative prisons in ty came the opportunity to significantly and Garden House were instrumental in the nation, attempting to instill responsi­ expand programming opportunities for providing approximately $36,000 worth of bility in the inmates in preparation for the population. At that time, Shawnee fresh garden vegetables for daily meals at their reintegration into society. Community College had received the con­ the Vandalia Correctional Center, $17,000 The concept of building a minimum tract to provide vocational and academic worth of fresh garden vegetables for other security prison without walls or fences programming to the facility. Industrial institutions, and $1,500 worth of fresh veg­ was presented to the legislature in the trade programs became quite popular and etables for charitable organizations. The early 1960's not only in an attempt to boost community services programming to Work Camp continues to schedule work the economic base of the area, but to intro­ include food service, ornamental horticul­ crews to provide service to governmental duce a corrections strategy built upon the ture and water/wastewater technology agencies including assistance to local road premise that rehabilitation in concert with were providing marketable skills to the commissioners removing brush and trees custody could produce a releasee who population. from right-of-ways on local county roads. would not impact upon society as a recidi­ An enhanced rapport between the facili­ Work crews help city officials and have vist but as a productive citizen. ty and the cOll'1l.unity occurred in 1974, perform work on public lands such as Along with the opening and occupation with the assignment of state-certified mowing and removal of debris. of the first two buildings in 1965, came the inmate emergency medical technicians to idea to expand the facility to accommodate the Multi-County Ambulance Service advanced prC'gramming, a greater custodi­ administered from the PADCO Hospital in al force and a living environment that Cairo, Illinois. This marked a milestone in would afford each inmate an individual the delivery of community health care and room-a room to which they would be was the first program of its kind through permitted to carry their own key and from which felons provided allied health care to which their movement would be minimal­ the free community. This initial experience • ly restricted. The expanded facility had was followed by expanded inmate EMT been designed around a town square con- services for the Bi-County Ambulance

44 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS Service providing coverage to Jolmson and munity after the successful completion of flood control and clean-up work both Pope counties. This was later followed by the 120 day regimen. The facility is locally in the west central region of the the present agreement established in 1985 designed to house and program 244 youth­ state. Inmates and staff at the main facility which provides inmate EMT coverage to ful adult first offenders. A primary focus provided in excess of 200 days toward the effort with the DuquoL.~ Work Camp staff • the Johnson County Ambulance Service. of the program is to prOVide work crews to Still a first of its kind, this program has accomplish public service work in sur­ and inmates providing in excess of 320 received national recognition and has been rounding communities, hospitals, state days of relief assistance. The major con­ applauded by the New York Times, CBS parks and other state facilities and ceme­ tributor toward the effort were the inmates Network Television, and was featured in teries. Work crews have contributed over from the Impact Incarceration Program at the premier issue of "Hippocrates", a 119,500 hours toward public service pro­ Dixon Springs. IIP Inmates provided over magazine distributed to more than 30,000 jects in FY1994. Vienna is currently the one month of service both locally at the health care facilities throughout the coun­ designated holding unit for all male Olive Branch site and in the west central try. In September, 1994, an episode of the inmates waiting transfer to all Impact part of the state, operating out of the television show "Rescue 911" featured a Incarceration facilities. Greene County Impact Incarceration call handled by the ambulance service. In addition to the community service Program facility. In 1976, Southeastern Illinois College provided by the facilities, many of the Inmates from the Dixon Springs facility was awarded the contract from the Illinois facility staff are actively involved in their worked continuously in flood control Department of Corrections to provide communities performing public service efforts from July 9, through Aug. 6, 1993 vocational and academic programming to work. and continued with flood clean-up efforts the institution. This linkage with the Staff throughout the main facility and through Sept.r 2, 1993. During this period Department of Corrections' school district Impact Incarceration Program serve on staff and inmates contributed in excess of would come to produce the most broad committees to restore historical landmarks, 17,000 manhours filling sandbags, sand­ base correctional education programming are active in the support of local Khoury bagging and reinforcing levees and in in the history of the department, and League teams, serve their local Boy and clean-up of flood sites. The majority of encourage interaction with the free com­ Girl Scout troops, provide volunteer sup­ these efforts took place during workdays munity to open facilities for private citizen port for the March of Dimes, Arthritis that lasted from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., instruction. Foundation, American Red Cross and seven days per week. The continuing close relationship with American Cancer Society, sponsor needy the surrounding community resulted in children, assist their local DARE pro­ WESTERN ILLINOIS the establishment of programs that would grams, work with crippled children, con­ CORRECTIONAL CENTER allow inmates to shop at scheduled times tribute to local clothing drives and • in Vienna under appropriate staff supervi­ volunteer with their local fire departments. Opened: 1989 sion, to provide inmate umpires that were In addition to the community work list­ Capacity: 828 trained in accordance with the rules of the ed previously in this report, staff support Medium Security Males Illinois High School Athletic Association their local school districts in various efforts Reaccredited: August, 1993 to area county Khoury Leagues, to open and one staff person serves as an educa­ FY1994 Average Daily Population: 1,420 the prison educational facilities to area tional advocate for a youth at IYC­ Average Age: 31 high school students, and to assist in pro­ Harrisburg. Average Annual Cost viding fire protection services to Pope Other employees provide volunteer Per Inmate: $14,155 County and surrounding communities. assistance to shelters for abused and bat­ Inmate umpires and firefighters have con­ tered women, serve as officers in their The Western Illinois Correctional Center tributed approximately 3,000 hours of local churches, train children and youth in is located on Route 99, south of Mt. public service to Vienna and adjacent Pope martial arts, serve in military reserve units Sterling, 40 miles south of Macomb and 40 County. and one dietary staff member serve as the miles northwest of Jacksonville. In 1979, the Vienna Correctional Center president of the Illinois Dietary Managers Designed as a medium security facility, was the first prison in the nation to be Association. construction began on Oct. 17, 1987, and awarded accreditation status by the The Vienna Correctional Center, Impact the first inmates arrived April 22, 1989. American Correctional Association. It was Incarcera tion Program and facility staff are WICC was originally designed for a capac­ also the first to be re-accredited in 1982, concerned about their community and ity of 728 inmates. However, with the and has maintained this status through quality of life. These facilities have con­ increase in inmate population system­ follow-up re-accreditation audits in 1982, tributed in excess of 196,000 hours to pub­ wide, the maximum capacity was revised 1985, 1988, 1991 and 1994. lic service projects in FY1994 in addition to upward to 1,318 beds during FY1994 by On October 15, 1990, the first Impact their involvement with flood control and expanding double cells at the facility. On Incarceration Program at the Dixon clean-up efforts. The Impact Incarceration June 30,1994, the population, including Springs facility received its first 10 J;rogram facility at Dixon Springs provid­ the Clayton Work Camp, was 1,438. inmates. This "boot camp" philosophy is e\:l services to 58 public worksites through­ Western illinois Correctional Center was designed to provide a short-term program out the local area in FY1994. accredited by the American Correctional of labor-intensive discipline and program­ "'During the summer months, Vienna, Association in 1990, and was re-accredited • ming to its population and ready these Dixon Springs lIP and the DuQuoin Work in 1993. The Health Care Unit at WICC first offenders for release into the free com- Camp provided a significant effort toward I was re-accredited in April, 1994, by the

inSight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 45 offered in business management, con­ sumer electronics, computer technology, automotive technology, construction occu­ pations, food service and horticulture. All college programs are now providing stan- • .,. dardized coursework in vocational areas. _ Leisure Tune Service staff continue to offer diversified programs for the inmate population. The intramural programs remain very competitive. The running club maintained an average of 50 inmates who run Monday through Friday and the pow­ erlifters meet Tuesday through Saturday. The 45 and Over Program continues to be well attended, offering inmates over 45 years of age an opportunity to use the gym or yard facilities for one and one half hours daily, Monday through Friday. During FY1994, many staff at Western Illinois Correctional Center continued to Joint Commission on Accreditation of substance abuse, stress management, par­ do voltmteer work in their community. Health Care Organizations. enfillg skills, HOPE counseling, veterans Several employees serve as board mem­ The Clayton Work Camp was opened group and the PreStart program. During bers for various organizations and church­ June 14,1993, under the jurisdiction of FY1994, 694 inmates graduated from the es, including school boards, YMCA, Boy Western illinois Correctional Center. The PreStart program at Western Illinois Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, Volunteer Fire Clayton Work Camp is designed to house Correctional Center. Deparhnent, youth sport programs, 150 inmates. The goals of the work camp Volunteer services have been growing PTO /PTA and various other organiza­ are to provide services to communities in over the past years and have continued to tions. This past year, 11 Western illinois the local area. Since opening, inmates from benefit from the efforts of over 250 volun­ Correctional Center employees received the work camp have provided 3,714 teers throughout FY1994. Their efforts the First Lady Brenda Edgar's "Reach working days helping local communities (totalling well over 5,000 hours) have con­ Out" Award. These employees were recog- on various projects throughout the area. tributed to preparing many inmates for a n~zed for volunteer work in their commu- .• An additional 1,845 working days were better life, both now and when they leave ruty. spent sandbagging and cleaning up com­ prison. Of the 21 groups and individuals During the 1993 Chrishnas holiday sea­ munities along the Mississippi River dur­ coming to WICC, most are in the area of son, staff and inmates conducted their ing the flood of 1993. religion, but others cover such needs as Second Annual Food Drive to benefit the At the main facility, Correctional drug and alcohol counseling and rehabili­ Brown County Ministerium Association. Industries is in full operation providing tation, review boards, after care and Black The food was collected for distribution to skilled jobs and wages for inmates in the history and Hispanic heritage. Volunteers needy families during the holiday season. production of all kinds of meat products. are working nearly every day at both the The inmate portion of the food drive was The product line includes 39 items such as main correctional center and the Clayton conducted by members of the Veterans' Wieners, bologna, polish sausage, breaded Work Camp. Group. The group collected $1,477.12. fish, turkey patties and hamburger patties. A total of 1,175 inmates attended School Employees' contribution to the effort was Production began in October, 1991, and District 428 and MacMurray College class­ $755 for a combined total of $2,232.12 products are distributed to all correctional es during FY1994. Five hundred twenty raised for charity. facilities in the state. A second shift was five inmates were TABE tested at intake by added to the program in FY1994 due to the School District 428. Of those tested, 353 increase in demand for products and the scored above the sixth grade level and 172 addition of new products. The' current scored below the sixth grade level. Sixty Indush'ies staff includes six supervisors four students took the GED test with 56 with 49 inmate workers. A total of receiving GED certifica.tes for a success 2,484,263 pOlmds of food were produced rate of 87.5%. at the processing plant in FY1994. MacMurray College provided college As Western illinois Correctional programming for approximately 289 Center's inmate population increases, so inmates during the past fiscal year. These does the need for special programs. There students generated approximately 4,887 are various programs offered at WICC. college credit hours. Thirty six students Inmates may receive individual and/ or received associate degrees and 76 received group counseling in programs such as sex vocational certificates. In addition to bac­ offender treahnent counseling, alcohol and calaureate classes, vocational programs are • 46 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION up contacts are required monthly for at between SISU agents and administrators least six months. This provides an oppor­ and staff at community correctional cen­ PreStart Program tunity to review and assess the success of ters in the supervision of releasees. the community reintegration plan. Provisions in Senate Bill 956 which During FY1994 the department's new Selected offenders who present a high embodied recommendations in the • . community-reintegration program, risk for substance abuse may be referred Governor's Task Force on Crime and PreStart, entered the period of stabilization by PreStart Community Service Center Corrections h&l a significant impact on the and maturation which normally follows agents to a Community Drug Intervention number, and pr;)files, of releasees under the implementation of a major organiza­ Program (CDIP) unit for specialized pro­ supervision of SISU in FY1994. A select lional change. In this third year of grammin.g which may involve individual group of older inmates became eligible for PreStart's operation, significant program and group counseling, field supervision, electronic detention for the first time, and refinements and enhancements reshaped random urinalyses, family counseling and new restrictions on releasees convicted of the inmate transition-planning and post­ directed referrals to Department of Class I felonies reduced the time autho­ release service assistance components into Alcohol and Substance Abuse licensed rized for electronic detention placement to a more coherent effort. treatment providers. At present, the last 90 days of their sentence. At approximately 90 days before release Community Drug Intervention Programs Monitoring hardware and services for from incarceration to a term of Mandatory are operational in East St. Louis, releasees under electronic detention are Supervised Release, all inmates are Springfield, Aurora and Chicago. All per­ provided through contracts with private enrolled in the PreStart Release School, a sonnel staffing these units have, or are in companies. During FY1994, contracts were two-week program of instruction and the process of achieving substance abuse renewed with all three vendors who con­ classroom exercises designed to provide treatment certification. tract with the agency to provide these ser­ information, materials, resources and sup­ In the East St. Louis area, the PreStart vices. By working with three very port services to lessen prison-to-communi­ Community Service Center and CDIP competitive vendors, agency officials ty transition problems. operations are supplemented by a model believe taxpayers have received excellent The introductory modules of PreStart sex offender treatment program which value in services provided for funds focus on such personal issues as self-con­ provides direct services to selected expended. cept, overcoming the fear and anxiety of releasees and which coordinates referrals Refinements continue to enhance the release and responsible decision-making. to a contracted community mental health efficiency and security in both hardware These sessions serve as a wake-up call to agency. A contractual sex offender case and computer software in use by the vari­ capture the student's attention, and as a manager is responsible for facilitating a ous companies under contract. As a result reinforcement that the burden of change continuum of relapse-prevention treat­ of the business climate in providing these • lies within the individual. Subsequent ses­ ment services for releasees from the services, state-of-the-art systems at near sions are designed to make that burden Graham and the Big Muddy River discount prices served the agency in the easier to carry, focusing emphasis on Correctional Center sex offender treatment last year. employability development, community programs. Plans for FY1995 include testing a cellu­ resources, substanc~ abuse education, fam­ lar phone-operated monitoring unit. This ily reunification and the services provided Special Intensive unit uses the same field monitoring device, by PreStart's network of Community Supervision Unit but sends notice of all activity to the host Service Centers. computer over a cellular telephone if con­ Many adult institutions this year began The SIS Unit is responsible for supervi­ ventional phone service is unavailable. using correctional officers and business sion of select releasees in the community Initial research into the effectiveness of office personnel as PreStart classroom pre­ under three categories. During FY1994, an intensive supervision on boot camp senters complimenting the original presen­ average of 300 individuals released from releasees indicates the practice of placing tation teams of educators, chaplains, Impact Incarceration (boot camp) them on electronic monitoring during the counselors, Employment Security repre­ Programs, another 950 releasees on tradi­ first several months after returning to the sentatives and parole agents. Significant tional electronic detention and 300 addi­ community may reduce or retard incidents program efforts this year were also direct­ tional releasees from psychiatric units-or of recidivism. The SISU, through electronic ed to increasing the level of involvement with criminal histories indicating a threat monitoring and emphasis on continuation of ex-offenders as classroom presenters, to public safety-were supervised by SISU of drug treatment in the community, is tak­ particularly in the substance abuse, family agents. ing advantage of this opportunity to reunification and community transition FY1994 was the first year that releasee reform individuals. All movement by the modules of the PreStart classes. caseloads under SISU supervision did not releasees away from homes must be All prison releasees are required to increase significantly since the creation of approved by an SISU agent. This monitor­ report to a parole agent within 72 hours of an electronic detention placement at the ing has provided many successful reinte­ their release from incarceration. For most agency. This stability in the size of the grations for boot camp releasees. releasees, this initial contact takes place at. supervision population provided one of the 18 PreStart Community Service increased opportunities for internal review Centers where parole agents work with and improvement in the system. • the relr.;asees to develop referrals to com­ According to program administrators, one munity-based service providers. Follow- benefit was increased communication

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 47 COMMUNITY In January, 1990, the Safer Foundation department's effort to solve space prob­ CORRECTIONAL CENTERS purchased the building from Sears YMCA. lems in a creative manner and maximize However, some of the YMCA programs positive aspects of family contact while Crossroads Community and the day care center remained. preserving public safety. Correctional Center In July, 1992, Crossroads once again All residents are expected to participate • became an all male facility and the popula­ in a minimum of 35 hours per week of In August, 1983, the Safer Foundation tion increased to the present number of constructive activity which may be opened Crossroads Community Correc­ 285 residents with 100 full-titne employ­ employment, vocational training, educa- tional Center at 3210 W. Arthington on the ees. There are currently 269 residents tion and/or public service. All of these fourth floor in a building which had supervised in the community on electronic placements are community-based. Decatur housed the Sears YMCA. In FY1994, the detention and monitored at Crossroads. Community Correctional Center consis- average age of residents at the facility was Crossroads' residents have the benefit of tently has over 90% employment. 25 years and the FY1994 average daily a volunteer tutor, Bible study services, Transportation to and from these assign- population was 285. church services, Gateway Foundation sub­ ments is generally the resident's responsi- The center is the only contractually stance abuse counseling, city colleges, bility. operated work release center in Illinois. adult basic education, GED classes and Of the 82 center residents released to The contract between the Safer Foundation various cultural activities. community supervision during FY1994, and the Illinois Department of Corrections Crossroads was reaccredited by the 74% were employed full-time. Of the 128 governs the operation of the 60 bed male American Correctional Association in electronic detention residents released to work release facility with a staff of 36. The September, 1993, receiving one of the few community supervision during FY1994, focus of work release is to assist convicted nationally awarded 100% ratings. 74% were employed full-time. felons to complete the remainder of their Center programs stress the value of edu­ sentence in the community. With residents Decatur Community cation and vocational training. Residents completing their sentence in the communi­ Correctional Center who do not have a high school education ty, there is a higher expectation they will or its equivalent prior to their arrival at the re-establish family contacts in the commu­ The Decatur Community Correctional center are required to attend school. nity and become more prepared educa­ Center is a coed adult residential facility. During FY1994, residents who needed a tionally and financially upon release. The center is located in a single-story con­ high school education eith('r completed In July, 1984, the fifth floor of the build­ verted motel leased from a priv9te owner. their GED or were still enrolled in school ing was renovated to increase the popula­ In continuous operation at this site since at the time of their exit from the program. tion to a 90-bed male facility. In November, May 21, 1979, the center currently houses During FY1994, alcohol treatment pro- 1986, Safer/Crossroads received accredita­ and serves 75 adult male felons and 35 grams at the facility were strengthened • tion from the American Correctional adult female felons completing the remain­ and substance abuse counseling was pro- Association. ing three months to two years of sentences vided on-site for all residents required or In July, 1988, the center was expanded to to the Illinois Department of Corrections. volunteering to attend. Substance abuse include the third floor of the building and Residents are not accepted in the pro­ treatment is available to all residents in reconstruction was initiated. In September, gram if there is reason to believe that they need. Participation in such treatment is 1988, Crossroads Community Correctional present a threat to the safety of members required of most residents with a history Center became coed and the first 33 of the local community. Their behavior is of substance abuse. women arrived increasing the population governed by statutory mandate, depart­ All residents participate in an 12-week to 130. ment rules, and center rules. Serious drug education program regardless of In March, 1989, females at the center and/ or repeated rule violations result in a mandate or previous drug history. were placed in a specialized program return to an adult correctional center. Residents were also allowed to attend out­ called the Social Adjustment and During FY1994, 391 pre-release residents side Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to Rehabilitation Program (SAR). The SAR left the program. Of those, 82 were expand counseling opportunities to resi­ program provided intensive counseling, released to Mandatory Supervised Release, dents with alcohol problems. assertiveness training, parenling skills, 53 were returned to an adult prison for The PreStart program continues to be an drug/ alcohol addiction counseling and disciplinary reasons, 23 were transferred ongoing process of community involve­ goal setting to assist in client self-assess­ to other community correctional centers ment, education, group activities, pro­ ment and evaluation. The goal was to and two requested a voluntary return to a gramming and information-sharing giving reverse the particularly high recidivism correctional center or were administrative­ residents the opportunity for successful rate of female offenders. ly transferred for failure to meet the crite­ community re-entry. In May, 1989, Crossroads placed the first ria for work release. Many hours are donated each year to a resident of the center on electronic deten­ The remaining 231 residents were trans­ number of community service projects. tion. Crossroads remains a primary site for ferred to the electronic detention program. Most notably, more than 660 manhours Chicago area monitoring of electronic Of these residents, 152 successfully com­ were provided by residents in the set-up detention residents. pleted the program. This program allows and breakdown of concession stands and In December, 1989, the facility expanded selected residents to reside at home for up trash removal and pick-up throughout the • again to 250 residents: 210 males and 40 to one year under strict monitoring provi­ operation of the Decatur Celebration. females. sions. This program assists with the Assistance is given to United Cerebral

48 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS Palsy in swimming and bowling programs ball, horseshoes and occasional team area businesses. Presentations by prospec­ for clients. The center continues to main­ sports. Residents were also involved in the tive employers and other community tain a role in the community "Adopt-A­ Salvation Army Recreational Basketball groups such as the local chapter of Spot" effort to help with Decatur's Sparkle League, the Gus Macker basketball tourna­ Toastmasters have been a welcome addi­ and Shine initiative. During this fiscal ment, as well as the Decatur Park District tion to the program. The PreStart gradua­ year, the center's area of responsibility Summer Softball Program. tion ceremonies continue to be a • continued to be a two mile strip of high­ The facility has maintained full-accredit­ rewruding event for residents and their wa~'. Services were also provided to ed status with the American Correctional families. Spitler Woods State Recreational Area, Association since January 22, 1982. Re­ The center has revised resident trust United Way, RACH Prison Ministry, Water accreditation was last ac11ieved in October, fund banking procedures to better assist Street Mission, New Horizons, Memorial 1993. the residents in meeting their financial Day Boat Races, Operation Green Thumb, obligations through required savings equal the City of Decatur Lake Department and Fox Valley Community to 20% of net pay from jobs in the commu­ Street Department, the Boys' Club and Correctional Center nity. Savings are earmarked for use in several local churches. emergency situations and upon discharge. Residents honored their employers and The old Kane County Springbrook Individual objectives for the residents citizens' advisory council members with a Tuberculosis Sanitarium became the Fox have been expanded to include payment recognition banquet which included a din­ Valley Community Correctional Center in of all liabilities such as medical, dental, ner and the presentation of participation April, 1972. The center is located on the pharmaceutical prescriptions and child plaques as an expression of gratitude for border of Aurora and North Aurora at support payments. employment opportunities made available 1329 N. Lake Street. The property is leased Fox Valley CCC is presently involved in to them. The contribution made by these from a private owner. During FY1994, the promoting wellness program activities for individuals to the residents of this pro­ center employed 24 staff who supervised staff and residents with assistance from gram is an important element in the over­ an average daily population of 123 resi­ community resources at Mercy Center, all successful reintegration of residents to dents at the center and 44 releasees on Dreyer Medical Clinic and Copley their respective communities. electronic detention. Memorial Hospital. Residents currently Each resident is responsible for some The center grounds consist of more than use the Mercy Center gym for basketball aspect of the cleanliness and maintenance eight acres of grass and forest area main­ and other athletic activity. of the center, including his own living tained by center residents under supervi­ quarters and a common area of the center. sion of maintenance staff. Joliet Community While in residence, releasees work toward Fox Valley continues to be active in Correctional Center re-establishing ties with people llt the com­ efforts to contribute volunteer services to munity through the provision of autho­ the free community. The residents have In 1968 the Joliet Community • rized leaves from the center. contributed a significant amount of volun­ Correctional Center opened on the Residents are encouraged to financially teer hours in coaching Little League base­ grounds of the Minimum Security Unit at assist their dependents, be financially se1£­ ball teams, softball teams, fund raising Stateville Correctional Center. In 1974, sufficient, pay their debts and save a per­ activities in the community and construc­ Joliet Community Correctional Center centage of their income. Employed tion of a playground facility located on the moved to the St. Charles Pastoral Center residents are required to pay a prescribed grounds of Mercy Center Hospital in located at Route 53 and Airport Road in maintenance fee equal to 20% of their net Aurora. In addition, the center remains Romeoville. Joliet CCC operates with a earnings. Weekly allowances are provided committed to assisting the City of Aurora rated capacity of 115. With added electron­ to residents from their individual trust and the Kane County Park District ic monitoring assignments, the population fund for personal expenses. Counselors through staff and resident volunteer exceeds 175 releasees. provide financial counseling to all resi­ efforts. Joliet CCC provides a gradual reintegra­ dents. The center has developed volunteer tion of adult male offenders into commu­ During FY1994, resident net earnhlgs chaplaincy services to provide Fox Valley nity life through a system of structured were $605,181. Their contributions to state residents with religious and family coun­ supervision in the community and elec­ and local economies included $115,795 for seling, community church services and tronic detention. Since the inception of the state, federal and social security taxes, leisure time activities. Additionally, meet­ electronic detention program in July, 1989, $114,671 room and board payrilents (main­ ing rooms have been provided to facilitate Joliet CCC has placed 675 male and female tenance) to the state, $74,776 for aid to in-house adult basic education and GED residents into the program. Through this dependents, $340,160 for resident instructions. The residents are also provid­ new technology, the department provides allowance and shopping funds, $44,021 ed with opportunities by Waubonsee a tool for the positive reintegration of deposited in interest-bearing savings Community College in testing and tutor­ prison inmates back to the community accounts and $17,095 was paid by resi­ ing help for GED examinations free of with strict attention to the mission of pro­ dents for medical and dental expenses. charge due to federal grants. A total of six tecting the public. The average DCCC resident left the pro­ placements for GED assistance are offered All residents at Joliet Community gram with $830 in savings. by the community college. Correctional Center are encouraged to Recreational opportunities include use The PreStart program at the center has seek employment, attend educational pro­ • of the yard for walking, jogging, volley- benefitted from an increased interest by grams or become involved in vocational insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 49 training. Maintaining a full-time program involvement in community projects during Corrections in March, 1981. The center has schedule is essential 1m adjusting at th8 the coming year by interfacing with vari­ maintained accredited status and was pre­ center and to the community. ous community agencies. In addition, staff sented reaccreditation awards in 1984, The facility offers in-house educational routinely accept speaking engagements in 1990 and 1993. programs, but encourages residents to use surrounding communities. Residents attend adult basic education existing community resources such as Joliet CCC maintains accreditation with and GED classes and tutoring sessions at Joliet Junior College, the Center for Adult the American Correctional Association the center. This program is sponsored through the Chicago City Colleges • Basic Education and Literacy and Lewis and was reaccredited for the fifth time in University. Through the assistance of their 1994. Projects on line for the next fiscal Network. They provide seven hours of correctional counselor, the residents are year include filling all staff vacancies, class time each day of the week. expected to make maximum use of the reducing overtime and increasing the per­ The Safer Foundation also serves as an educational, employment and training centage of residents successfully complet­ employment referral resource for center programs available to them to structure ing program requirements. residents. The program provides residents individuale reentry programs. In addition, with job interviewing and grooming skills residents are required to participate in Metro Community along with other skill training in conjtIDC­ substance abuse counseling based on spe­ Correctional Center tion with the agency PreStart program. cific needs or mandates. Substance abuse services, substance Joliet Community Correctional Center is Metro Community Correctional Center abuse evaluation, referral and counselling cost effective because residents are is located a 2020 W. Roosevelt Road in services are provided through Salvation required to pay maintenance fees for room Chicago. Metro CCC's mission is to main­ Army programs and the Harbor Light and board. Joliet CCC residents earned tain a safe and secure environment while Program. The Harbor Light Program is $751,519 during FY1994 and paid $135,273 assisting residents in identifying and funded by the Illinois Department of in taxes. Room and board maintenance developing alternative choices that Alcohol and Substance Abuse. These ser­ was paid in the amount of $150,303. increase their ability to make and maintain vices include residential treatment services Residents were allotted $405,820 for per­ a positive reintegration to their communi­ for residents with severe substance abuse sonal expenses and 75% of the personal ties. These choices include securing and or addiction problems. On-site evaluation expense funds were spent in the surround­ maintaining employment, upgrading and referral is provided by a counselor ing community. The h'Ust fund balance on existing skills through participation in sub­ from the Harbor Lights Program. June 3D, 1994, was $78,389 and the savings stance abuse and support counseling pro­ Metro CCC residents earned $156,589 at account balance was $82,667. grams, and developing ways and means to jobs in the community last fiscal year and The Joliet Community Correctional address personal and family responsibili­ paid over $48,700 in room and board back Center is one of the most scenic centers in ties. to the State of Illinois. The average daily the division. Staff offices and residents' The average age of residents was 31 population at the center was 78 residents. rooms are located on both floors of the years. Center residents generally reside in Releasees on electronic detention increased • center. The center contains visiting, recre­ the metropolitan Chicago area. to an average of 150 during the year. ation/laundry and dining facilities, along As residents of Metro CCC, offenders Initiatives continue to develop at the with a spacious outside yard area. Joliet are expected to maintain at least 35 hours center focused on streamlining operations CCC also serves as a service center to resi­ each week of program activity. This at the facility and increasing efficiency. dents released to PreStart and electronic includes employment in the community, detention programs. training, education programs or public ser­ Peoria Community Residents of Joliet CCC have the oppor­ vices work. Maintaining positive program­ Correctional Center tunity to participate in several community ming is important in adjusting to the projects. The projects are primarily volun­ ce. ':!r and, eventually, to the community. The Peoria Community Correctional tary, but residents are required to complete i ! etro CCC houses residents in single Center is currently located at 202 N.E. a number of voluntary hours in order to be and double occupancy rooms with four Madison Ave. in Peoria. The center has promoted in the level system. One of the living areas. Residents are required to pay occupied this location since 1985. The community projects assisted by center resi­ room and board expenses equal to 20% of building is owned by Peoria County and is dents is Help the Seniors. This program net pay earned. Savings accounts must approximately 100-years-old. However, involves residents working to provide also be maintained by residents. Another the center's ties to the community go back lawn care during the summer and fall 20% of each net pay must be deposited 22 years. The Peoria Community months and snow removal during the into savings by residents who are Correctional Center houses 69 male winter. Volunteers complete other general employed in the community. offenders. The center has operated at or maintenance projects within the communi­ PreStart classes and other continuing near its capacity tl1rough the fiscal year. ty. The road crew provides resident work­ programs dealing with parenting skills The staff complement has remained at its ers and staff supervision for the and skills needed for a successful return to current level of 19 employees. department's road crew program. Prison the free community are offered by the cen­ The center has just completed its first Industry dean-up projects provided assis­ ter. full year of contractual food service with tance to community clean up projects such Metro CCC is an accredited facility. It Aramark, formerly Szabo, a division of as abandoned lots and flood relief. was first awarded accreditation by the ARA Services, Inc. The transition to a con­ There are plans to expand the facility's Commission on Accreditatica for tractual food service provider wasn't • 50 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS received well by the resident population at and with the cooperation of the Crittenton The PreStart program at this facility has first, but has since been accepted with Care Foundation, the center has developed continued to grow, with emphasis being minimal problems. a nine week program which is provided placed on enhancement. In addition, the Peoria CCC was reaccredited by the twice weekly on site. Resistance to this division has appointed a statewide com­ • American Correctional Association in program by residents has been surprising­ mittee to enhance the curriculum currently September, 1992. ly minimal. offered. Significant strides have been made The center admitted 286 residents into The center, in cooperation with the by the committee and improvements are the program in FY1994. The average age of Human Resource Center of Peoria, is also reflected in the facility program. program participants in FY1994 was 29.7 attempting to develop a 15 hour per-week Freedom Flyers Ministries has recently years. Of the residents admitted into the substance abuse treatment program. This completed its first full year of association program, 144 successfully completed the component would be in addition to the with the Peoria CCc. They have provided program and 63 were returned to an insti­ services already being prOVided by the many services including participation in tutional setting because of disciplinary Human Resources Center. Those services I PreS tar! and other counseling for both reasons. More than half the residents include weekly substance abuse counsel­ groups and individuals. revoked from the program were electronic ing for those residents mandated to attend detention participants. and an optional vocational component Southern Illinois Community The adjustment of residents from an including typing and computer classes. In Correctional Center institutional setting into the community is addition, the Human Resources Center has often difficult and all residents are not also developed a voluntary after care pro­ The Southern Illinois Community suited for the adjustment. The Peoria gram for those residents who wish to Correctional Center is located near Community Correctional Center has attend. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. worked to refine programs that ease Peoria CCC residents continue to be The mission of SICCC is to make maxi­ adjustment and protect the public. Some of active in the community as volunteers. mum use of community resources to assist the adjustments include, but are not limit­ Some of the agencies that use center resi­ reintegration for center residents while ed to, bringing residents into the residen­ dents are the YMCA, Southside Mission, offering protection and contributions to tial program for a period of time, referral Heart of Illinois Fair, Food Share Inc., the community in the form of public ser­ to community based drug and alcohol Steamboat Days Festival, Gus Macker bas­ vice projects. treatment centers, and in some instances, ketball tournament, Proctor Cycling Southern Illinois CCC maintained an in­ referrals for mental health or family coun­ Classic and the Shriners Circus. In addi­ center population of 62 residents, while seling. tion, the residents of the center asked and averaging approximately 51 residents on Of the 144 residents who successfully were allowed to extend a helping hand to electronic detention during FY1994. The • completed the program, approximately the community. center has 21 employees to support all of 70% were employed at the time of their This was accomplished when the the operations and program functions. release. Approximately 50 had participat­ Department of Children and Family FY1994 gross resident earnings of ed in alcohol and/or drug abuse counsel­ Services identified 25 needy families in the $384,440 resulted in $112,253 maintenance ing. The number of residents participating community. The residents of the center paid back to the state, $40,946 paid in state in substance abuse counseling was higher asked that funds from the Resident Benefit and federal taxes, $14,411 in resident sav­ than last year. Fund be used to purchase food for those ings and $49,791 in support to families of The residents of the Peoria Community families. Approximately $500 was donated residents. This amount of earnings repre­ Correctional Center earned $420,819 in to this cause. Twenty five individual bas­ sents many productive hours of work wages and paid $71,261 in maintenance to kets were prepared and distributed. In within the free community where resi­ the State of Illinois during FY1994. The addition, the residents of the center deco­ dents learn employment and social skills. residents of the center also paid $56,357 in rated and maintained a Christmas tree During FY1994, residents contributed federal and state taxes and $8,448 in medi­ located adjacent to the center donated by much to the local community in the form cal reimbursement. In-center residents the Peoria Historical Society. of public service projects. Not only does saved $2,600 during FY1994. In addition, The Peoria Community Correctional credit go to the many center residents who $31,638 was collected in maintenance fees Center residents and staff developed a for­ participated in these projects, but also to from residents on electronic detention. mal recognition of Black History Month. center staff who contributed many hours Approximately 55% of the positive exits The celebration included keynote address­ of coordination, supervision and trans­ arrived at the center with their high school es by Andre Bohannon, Peoria City portation to support these accomplish­ diploma or GED. Lifeskills programming Council; Ken Williams, Counselor Illinois ments. Staff and residents are proud that continues to be made available to partici­ Central College and former husband of the Carbondale community has come to pants of this program and is provided by Denise Williams; Erma Davis, The George expect that SICCC will be a valuable asset Crittenton Care Foundation. Each center Washington Carver Association; David to the community. During FY1994, three was encouraged to look at individual Duncan Jr., a motivational speaker and center staff members were honored by lifeskill programs and determine what The Friendship Missionary Baptist Church First Lady Brenda Edga through the .could be done to improve the program. Gospel Ensemble. In addition, ethnic Illinois State Employees "Reach Out" Consequently, Peoria CCC has incorporat­ meals were prepared throughout the Award program for volwlteer efforts in the e ed parenting classes into every resident's month. Hispanic History Month also was community. Individual Program Contract. In addition, observed at the center.

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 51 During FY1994, there continued to be an Participating in the Carbondale Spring increase overall resident capacity without impressive number of diverse projects Clean-Up Day resulted in an award for the the need to expand the in-house bed completed by center residents which bene­ amount of trash collected by center resi­ capacity. A total of 52 residents wer.e elec­ fitted the local community. Both staff and dents. tronically monitored by the end of June, • residents contributed extensive hours and Center residents assisted the Jackson 1994. Urbana ended the fiscal year with a effort to assist with local sandbagging County Health Dept. with a presentation population of 155 (103 in-center and 52 related to the flooding in southern Illinois on vehicle safety at the Carbondale residents on electronic monitoring). in the summer of 1993. Residents assisted University Mall by wearing the costumes Urbana CCC is responsible for monitor­ with. clean-up work after the Chamber of of the crash dummies characters, Vince ing electronic detention releasees in 17 Commerce auction and yard sale. and Larry. Center residents role-played at counties. While Urbana CCC is a commu­ Center residents participated for 31 days an SIU-Carbondale Junior High Law nity based male facility, females are during 10 Red Cross sponsored blood Camp to provide junior high students with allowed to participate in the electronic drives in FY1994. They assisted in loading a realistic experience relating to offenders. monitoring program. and unloading supplies and working other Center residents not only contributed to In FY1994, Urbana received a total of assigned posts during the drives. Blood the local community, but were able to take 234 residents. A total of 153 successfully drives during the past fiscal year were at advantage of programs offered by the completed the program and 57 were the SIU Student Center, SIU Recreation community. Center residents attended revoked from the program. The remaining Center, St. Francis Xavier Church, and the Black History Month activities during residents were either still in the program at University Mall in Carbondale. February, 1994, that were sponsored by the end of the fiscal year or transferred to Throughout the yeal; residents and staff SIU-Carbondale. Center residents partici­ other centers. spoke at local universities and hosted vis­ pated in the Carbondale Park District soft­ All residents are expected to participate its by classes at the center educating stu­ ball league. An SIU-Carbondale sorority in a minimum of 35 hours of constructive dents about SICCC and corrections provided an AIDS Awareness Program at programming each week, which may be departmerl programming. Colleges taking the center and student interns supervised employment, vocational training, educa­ advantage of this opportunity were Joh..Tl a resident outing to hear an AIDS lecture tion or community service work. Urbana A. Logan Junior College, Kaskaskia Junior on the SIU campus. consistently has at least 90% employment College, and SIU-Carbondale. In addition, Continued improvements in the center's of residents. the center benefitted from placement of a PreStart program supported resident rein­ Through the joint efforts of the Job significant number of intern students. tegration efforts. Cultural diver~ity train­ Training Partnership Act, the Regional During October, 1993, the center admin­ ing for staff supported improved Office of Education, Parkland College, and istrator and center residents observed relationships among staff and residents. Correctional Employment Services, the • Crime Prevention Montr. with six events Symbolic of all of these program efforts residents are assisted in finding employ- which included spea!illlg engagements at was the Southern Illinois Community ment or upgrading their educational lev- university classes, tours of the center, and Correctional Center award of reaccredita­ els. participation in a SIU-Carbondale tion by the American Correctional All residents are expected to maintain Administration of Justice Career Fair. Association on Aug. 2,1993. employment and those who do not have at Additional community involvement least a GED are targeted upon arrival at activities during FY1994 included a resi­ Urbana Community the center and mandated to attend classes dent participating in a Perry County teen Correctional Center in order to work toward the attainment of conference related to substance abuse and aGED. five programs where residents spoke to Urbana Community Correctional Center By being allowed to work in the com­ groups of problem youngsters in the SIU is a community based adult male correc­ munity, Urbana CCC residents are able to Touch of Nature Spectrum Wilderness pro­ tional facility. Urbana CCC is located at pay their own medical expenses, send sup­ gram. 1303 N. Cunningham Ave. in Urbana. port to their families, pay state and federal On two occasions center residents assist­ Urbana CCC opened in March, 1976,. in a taxes and prepare for their release by sav­ ed the Illinois Department of converted county office building leased ing a portion of their earnings. In addition, Transportation by unloading discarded from Champaign County. When Urbana residents also help pay for their own room tires from Correctional Industries trucks. opened in 1976, the in-house capacity was and board through maintenance fees. Two times during the year a center resi­ 70 residents. In November, 1987, the in­ Residents are charged 20% of their net dent provided CPR training to community house capacity was expanded to 83. By earnings up to a maximum of $50 per organizations. On two occasions center June of 1994, the in-house capacity week for maintenance. residents cleaned, washed, and waxed expanded to 108. During FY1994, resident gross earnings Murphysboro Police Department squad In addition to in-center residents, totaled $910,360. Of this amount, $182,072 cars as a public service project. Urbana CCC began participation in the was paid out in state and federal taxes. Center residents assisted with the electronic detention program in Residents also paid out $86,257 in family preparation and clean-up for the Newman November, 1989. This program allows resi­ support and a total of $185,660 to the state Center Thanksgiving Dinner for commu­ dents to be placed in appro\ ed host sites for room and board. Residents saved a nity persons in need. Residents worked within the community while being elec­ tc.~al of $207,855. • with the Hopewell Baptist Church during tronically monitored by the center. In addition to being allowed to work in a successful Christmas Food Drive. Electronic detention allowed the center to the community, residents are permitted

52 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS and encouraged to participate in a wide dents to their families and become more variety of community service programs. viable citizens in the community. In July, Winnebago Community Some of the projects residents participated 1993, West Side was established in what Correctional Center in during FY1994 included assisting the was a vacant warehouse in the center of • City of Decatur in the Decatur Celebration, Chicago. By December, 1993, the popula­ FY1994 marks 24 years of operation by a clean-up for the Taste of Champaign tion of the center had reached 150 male community correctional center in the Celebration, maintenance services for residents. At that time a wing of the center Rockford area. The facility has been a com­ Men's Winter Shelter, assisted the Eastern was prepared to accept female residents. munity correctional center for 18 years. For illinois Food Bank, Salvation Army and On Jan. 3, 1994, 26 female residents were seven years prior to that time the facility the Humane Society and held car washes housed at the center. Since that time the was a halfway house for parolees who through Correctional Employment population has increased to 156 male and were serving special board orders from the Services with proceeds going to Frances 48 female residents. Prisoner Review Board. Under former Nelson Health Care Center. The West Side CCC is also home for the Director Rowe, a change in name and Residents often participate in individual northern region Special Intensive - focus occurred from a halfway house to volunteer projects. Many residents choose Supervision Unit 0f the PreStart program. work release and capacity increased from to do work at the Eastern Illinois Food Additionally, 150 residents are supervised 15 to 30 beds. This change required reloca­ Bank where they load and unload trucks, under electronic detention in the commu­ tion of the center. Since that time an addi­ stock shelves or assist with clean-up pro­ nity. tional expansion has occurred to the jects. Residents also have done volunteer Together with full time employment, present level of 91 residents. work at the Salvation Army Homeless educational programs are a priority at During FY1994, 399 residents were Shelter while others choose to work in the West Side CCC. Residents currently admitted to the center. This represents 98% kitchen. receive GED, vocational, college and grad­ of last year's total of 406. Of the 399 resi­ One of the favorite volunteer projects is uate level college education programs. dents, 237 were electronic detention resi­ the Humane Society. Other areas in which These programs offer residents the ability dents. Residents of the center come mostly residents volunteer their time are the to develop skills needed to pursue gainful from counties in northwest Illinois includ­ Champaign County Nursing Home, employment and to provide for their fami­ ing McHenry, Boone, Winnebago, Crusaders Church, Canaan Baptist lies upon release. Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Carroll, Ogle, Lee, Church, Cunningham Children's Home In addition to their personal concerns, Whiteside. Rock Island, Henry, Bureau and and the Urbana Park District. residents are involved with concerns of the Mercer. Staff at Urbana also volunteer t...~;:ir time community and are engaged in projects Of the 237 electronic detention residents, and work alongside the residents in many which include the removal of litter from 124 were mandatOlY supervised releasees. • of the above projects. This affords staff the state and local roads, cleaning of neighbor­ Fifty-five residents were revoked for rule opportunity to give to the community hood vacant lots and assisting local senior violations. Thirteen residents were trans­ while at the same time enhancing a sense citizens in maintaining areas where they ferred to electronic detention in some of community between staff and residents. reside. This is accomplished through net­ other part of the state. Urbana CCC has maintained a fully working by the West Side CCC staff, the Winnebago Community Correctional accredited status with the American center's Citizen Advisory Board and with Center residents participated in many Correctional Association since March 20, the cooperation of local officials. community activities including the 1981. In May, 1993, the center achieved The Volunteer Chaplaincy Service for SHARE Program, Allen Chapel Soup 100% compliance during the FY1993 reac­ the northern region of the state maintains Kitchen, Food Pantry, Samaritan House, creditation audit. This was accomplished an office at the center. Religious services Booker Washington Center Summer through the aid of the center's internal are conducted each Sunday morning. Festival, Martin House, Winnebago audit process which monitors and ensures Programs which include substance abuse County OIC and On the Waterfront. guidelines are met. counseling, Bible studies and individual As a result of assistance on the During FY1995, the center plans to con­ counseling are parts of the ministry pro­ wheelchair ramp project in FY1993, the tinue focusing on improving employment vided at the center. Children's Development Center requested and educational opportunities for the resi­ Community organizations provide ser­ the assistance of center residents in addi­ dents by working with the various local vices to the residents and include the Safer tional projects to help children with dis­ community resources. The center plans to Foundation, Resource Dimensions and abilities and their foster home parents. take full advantage of electronic detention Women Working Together for This is an activity that is continuing into to increase the number of residents partici­ Employment, Lakeview Learning Center, FY1995. pating in the program. Malcolm X - GED, Goodwill, Inner Voice During FY1994, center residents paid for vocational needs, Garfield Counseling room and board fees of $115,768. Even West Side Community Center, Salvation Army, Bobby Wright though the total number of residents was Correctional Center Center and Grace House for substance higher the previous year, FY1994 residents abuse counseling and Horner Association paid 19.8% more in maintenance fees. As As the newest and largest work release for Men, My Sister's Keeper and St. for electronic detention residents, $37,698 center in the Community Services Leonard's House for assistance in meeting was paid in maintenance. Total mainte­ • Division, West Side CCC is reaching Ihousing needs of releasees. nance paid to the State of illinois for toward new horizons to reintroduce resi- FY1994 was $153,467.

inSight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 53 on their institutional gains. work coordination. These case conferences JUVENILE DIVISION Building on institutional gains is reflect­ also provide the corrections parole agent ed in sex offender treatment goals as well. the opportunity to visit with youth they Juvenile Field Services Post release residential sex offender pro­ will be supervising on parole and t grams, for example, are normally long review the provisions of their individual • Juvenile Field Services has responded term. Careful case planning with institu­ parole service plan with them. These con­ positively to the challenge of developing tional staff determines the community ferences have proven to be an efficient tool and implementing a reintegration service placement and programming require­ in the development and implementation of plan for all youth being released from ments for these offenders. The use of con­ parole services plans. Illinois youth centers. The reintegration tracted advocacy services for youth and During FY1994, youth at the Healy process for youth must balance the con­ School Program, jointly operated by cern for public safety and the identified .~ ...... Corrections School District 428 and needs for each youth. Chicago Public Schools, participated in a The characteristics of the juvenile popu­ Juvenile Field Services has Youth/Senior Outreach Program which lation indicate committed youth represent promoted community services by juvenile increasingly aggressive offenders who fre­ a history of providing oppor­ parolees at several senior citizen centers quently present a multitude of personal tunities for college students and the West Side Veterans Hospital. This needs. A concerted effort has been made program offered youth the opportunity to by Juvenile Field Services staff to meet this to gain direct experience in interact with senior citizens in a positive challenge through additional special train­ the juvenile justice system and helpful manner. ing, more frequent face-to-face case confer­ The Healy School has added a GED pro­ ences at institutions and the develCipment through internship programs. gram that provides youth the opportunity of additional community based resources. The comments provided by to study for GED certificate testing. The classification process completed at Additionally, the Chicago Board of the reception centers and incorporated as interns indicates this is a very Education has an agreement to provide part of the ongoing case review by institu­ valuable experience for their services from Treatment Alternatives For tions has increased identification of special Special Clients (TASC). They conduct needs for each youth. The classification career development. The weekly group sessions with students process has particularly been effective in regarding drug and sex education. These targeting sex offenders and substance interns say the supervised initiatives reflect Juvenile Field Services abusers with a need for special services as integration with juvenile efforts to make a range of services avail- • part of their reintegration service plan. The able for youth in the community. information contained in the Juvenile parolees has been mutually Juvenile Field Services has a history of Tracking System provides other vital pop­ rewarding. Juvenile Field providing opportunities for college stu­ ulation characteristics. This data helps dents to gain direct experience in the juve­ Juvenile Field Services staff match antici­ Services staff are committed nile justice system through internship pated needs of youth returning to the com­ to providing opportunities programs. The comments provided by munity with an appropriate service interns indicates this is a very valuable provider. for college students coopera­ experience for their career development. During FY1994, Juvenile Field Services The interns say the supervised integration staff helped place 214 youth in alternative tively with universities to with juvenile parolees has been mutually community placement of which 89 youth build career awareness and rewarding. Juvenile Field Services staff are were placed in residential substance abuse committed to providing opportunities for treatment and 28 youth received services professional development. college students cooperatively with uni­ in residential sex offender programs. ••••••••••••••••••• versities to build career awareness and The district parole staff have prepared professional development. themselves to supervise this difficult pop­ their families has been expanded. The In FY1994, Juvenile Field Services com­ ulation by participating in advanced train­ coordination of these services with normal pleted placement plans for the eventual ing designed to meet the challenges parole supervision has been instrumental transition of over 2,000 youth back to the presented by these youth. Each of the dis­ in ensuring reintegration service plans are community. Management of this process is trict offices have staff certified as alcohol implemented where multiple problem supported by creative use of the depart­ and substance abuse counselors. Parole issues and placement concerns exist. This ment's electronic data base and word pro­ staff also have been trained in understand­ partnership seeks to enhance successful cessing systems to support a high volume ing treatment issues relating to juvenile transition to community living in order to of electronic commtmication. This is an sex offenders. improve the reintegration casework pro­ example of adapting a system originally Juvenile Field Services staff have dra­ cess. intended for a different purpose to serve matically increased participation in sub­ Juvenile Field Services staff have com­ as a means to increase efficiency and sup- stance abuse programs, both residential mitted themselves to participating in case port communication between individuals • and outpatient, providing a continuum of conferences at the six youth centers to pro­ and Juvenile Field Services with reduced treatment for abusing youth and building mote effective communication and case- paper and instant access.

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Counselors Rita Adamitis and Ray Wallace provide substance abuse education. tlO youth at lye-Harrisburg. Through additional staff training, staff at the youth center were able to tripfe :the amount of substance abuse education classes at the center in FY1994

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Surveillance and public safety are criti­ During FY1994 the population at IYC­ increase substance abuse programs while cal issues. Field staff have monitored Harrisburg increased from 352 yvuth to as using existing resources, continue to recog­ youth adjustments and supported local high as 391 youth. This was an increase nize staff for community contributions and law enforcement with cooperation and representing one additional living unit. operate within approved spending limits. intervention. Field staff are participants The commitment profile for these youth In order to achieve these goals, the facil­ and partners with local efforts to address has been increasingly serious and their ity began to adopt a "total quality manage­ gang problems and prevention efforts. individual treatment needs increasingly ment system." The first emphasis was to It is the goal of Juvenile Field Services to complex. strive to do tasks correctly initially, elimi­ provide the best possible opportunity for With the challenges of FY1994, came a nating unnecessary time and resources to success to every youth, building on the number of new initiatives to meet those correct errors. And secondly, to involve progress made in youth CEnters to encour­ challenges. It was obvious that with few staff at all levels in the decision-making age a law abiding lifestyle and personal new resources available, the facility would process when possible. success for youth returning to 6, ';ommu­ have to become more efficient in its opera­ During labor/management meetings nity. tion. committees were developed for ongoing Some of the goals for FY1994 were to review and input into post descriptions ILLINOIS YOUTH CENTERS expand current programs to meet the and procedures. Systems were developed increased needs of the population, develop which allowed redirection of resources by Illinois Youth Center - Harrisburg staff insight into the cultural differences of eliminating duplication and becoming others, achieve reaccredited by the more responsive to the day-to-day chal­ Opened: 1983 American Correctional Association, reduce lenges faced by staff at all levels. Capacity: 276 youth violence and resulting injuries to All staff at lYC-Harrisburg were trained Medium Security Juvenile Males staff and other youth and initiate a unit in cultural diversity during FY1994. Reaccredited: August, 1994 management approach to more effectively Facility trainers also attended advanced FY1994 Average Daily Population: 362 address conflicts within living units. training sessions to develop improved Average Cost Per Juvenile: $25,706 In addition, goals were set to focus on training curriculum for FY1995. The facili­ physical plant improvement and capital ty business administrator has conducted • projects, develop specific strategies to ongoing training for management staff on insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 55 the budget process for improved fiscal Fitness. One staff representative attended a Religious programming continued to be management. This contributed significant­ full week training program and lead the available on a voluntary basis for the ly to the operation of the facility within first group of youth through the program. youth. Youth also had the opportunity to approved spending limits. The LTA Department also supervised a participate in comprehensive job training The Health Care Unit provided a num­ youth garden club. It was a response by programs throughout the facility. Ongoing • ber of health and wellness clinics during staff with gardening skills to requests by involvement with families remained a pri- . the year targeting both staff and youth. youth who wanted this experience. At the ority, as did meaningful after-care plan- There was a realignment of duties of youths' selection, the vegetables were ning for each youth. existing employees in Youth Supervisor IV donated to the local senior citizens food The youth also took many opportunities titles to allow the initiation of a modified program. More diverse activities were also to serve the community during the year. unit manager concept with existing staff offered to youth. Soccer, which is extreme­ Volunteer youth continued to provide and resources. There was an ongoing ly popular with Hispanic youth, was needed support to the Anna Bixby Center emphasis in the development of Youth added to the program. for Abused Women and Children in the Supervisor IV staff to work with security During FY1994 over $1 million in capital form of lawn care and unloading truck­ staff in areas of cultural differences, more projects were completed at Harrisburg. loads of food throughout the year. The effective programming, interaction with The major project was the completion of youth also assisted in the setup at the youth and housekeeping improvements. the dining room expansion and upgrading Saline County Fairgrounds for the area These improved systems allowed the kitchen area. This has doubled dietary Fourth of July fireworks display, as well as Harrisburg to re-direct additional staff seating area and contributed greatly to the Past to Present Days program coordi­ resources to youth participation. This was meeting the needs of the increased popula­ nated by a local Horne Extension group. a large part of the reason for a 35% reduc­ tion. All housing units were painted by in­ The youth also voluntarily donated money tion in staff time lost due to injuries as a house staff and youth during the year. for needy children as well as local food result of youth assaults. These and similar projects have served to pantries at Christmas. There were a number of program initia­ enhance the quality of life at the facility. The landscaping maintained by the tives directed toward increasing the deliv­ A number of things were accomplished youth in front of the facility throughout ery of services wHle using existing staff. in the clinical area to better meet the needs the year also received local recognition in The Education Department initiated a dif­ of the youth. By increasing the number of the news. The youth also continued to pro­ ferential school schedule targeted to existing staff in the substance abuse certifi­ vide lawn care for the community build­ increase contact with students. This result­ cation program, the center provided triple ing. ed in 20% more class hours with the same services in that area. Over 200 youth com­ Community involvement and volunteer resources. The curriculum was expanded pleted those programs during the year. efforts by the institution as well as off duty • to include teaching such areas as conflict An agreement was also finalized with staff has continued to be encouraged and resolution and substance abuse education the Masters in Social Work program at recognized. The institution has supported with students. Sill-Carbondale which will allow the facil­ such projects as the American Cancer A lifeskills program was introduced and ity to serve as a location for interns. This Society, the March of Dimes, The Anna graduated 50 students the first year. All will provide additional professional con­ Bixby Center for Abused Women and teachers and counselors were trained in tacts at no additional operating cost. Children, the Boy Scouts' Wetland the program which focused on anger con­ FY1994 also Se w the completion of train­ Preservation Project, Harrisburg Police trol, breaking bad habits, applying for and ing and full implementation of the project Gifts to Disadvantaged Children, keeping a job, conflict resolution and other Strategies for Juvenile Supervision (SJS) sponsored a local youth baseball team and areas critical to succeeding in the free com­ system, which has contributed to greater held local food drives for the needy. munity. efficiency through the use of that automat­ Numerous employees have been recog­ Even with the expanded curriculum, the ed case management system. nized for their off-duty volunteer work facility continued its emphasis on basic lYC-Harrisburg was also reaccredited with youth groups in their churches, education and instruction.lYC-Harrisburg by the American Correctional Association sports activities, schools and youth organi·· had 69 GED graduates during FY1994. during this year. This was the result of zations. Others have been recognized for Seven students earned their two-year asso­ strong efforts by staff and youth. The facil­ their leadership roles in various communi­ ciate degrees in liberal arts. Over 30 col­ ity also has a large number of staff who are ty charitable organizations. lege certificates were earned, and over working toward associate degrees, bache­ 2,250 college credits were earned by stu­ lor degrees and advanced graduate dents at the youth center. degrees. There is a strong commitment The Education Department is also final­ toward developing skills and advance­ izing an agreement with local Habitat for ment within the department. Humanity affiliates which will result in The facility also serves as a location for on-site construction projects for refurbish­ local college courses in criminal justice. ing local dwellings for the economically This serves to improve the opportunity for disadvantaged. staff to continue their education as well as A new fitness program was initiated ii. strengthen the relationship with the local the Leisure Tune Department in conjunc­ college. tion with the Governor's Council on • 56 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS the facility's rated capacity is 212, the aver­ age daily population during fiscal year 1994 was 260 . Increased population and corresponding decline in ages has presented lYC-Joliet with more violent and aggressive youth. • Many youth have a background of physi­ cal, sexual, and substance abuse, as well as little family support, and many have men­ tal health concerns. Without an increase in staff, the facility has experienced an increase of over 10% in population. This has resulted in an increase in double bunking of offenders who are being supervised by the same number of staff. Individual counseling, group counsel­ ing, specialized treatment needs and crisis intervention services are available to each youth on an individual case management model. Further, staff have successfully increased the quality of staff program­ ming, case management services to youth, use of volunteer and intern programs and housed increased numbers of youths with­ out exceeding budget constraints. With no increase in staff, but an increase in numbers of offenders and the volatility of youths incarcerated at lYC-Joliet, staff have still been able to decrease incidents of youth-on-youth violence, incidents of youth self-mutilation, incidents of youth­ on-staff violence, loss of time from work • due to aggressive behavior of youth and serious incidents within the facility Several administrative changes have been made to accomplish these goals. Staff training in cultural diversity and violence interruption has increased the effective­ ness of staff in assisting youth to avert lye-Joliet is the only maximum security youth center in Illinois. aggression and find alternatives to vio­ Grounds beautification and decorative planting have created a better lence. Training of treatment and line staff in Strategies of Juvenile Supervision, to atmosphere at the facility in FY1994. provide a consistent case management

••••••• e~ •••• 5 •••••• 0~ ••••• ~ •••••••••••••••• approach for aggressive youthful offend­ ers, as well as a classification and system­ Illinois Youth Center - Joliet The illinois Youth Center -Joliet is an atic approach to treatment has been of accredited, male, maximum security juve­ great benefit. Opened: 1959 nile facility which opened in 1959. The The Superintendent made a personal Capacity: 212 facility has served a variety of populations commitment i..'1 staff development and, on Maximum Security Juvenile Males during more than 30 years as a correction­ a weekly basis, conducted discussions Reaccredited: August, 1992 al facility. with line staff to make everyone aware of FY1994 Average Daily Population: 260 lYC-Joliet evolved from the juvenile the goals and objectives of the facility, and Average Cost Per Juvenile: $34,083 reception and classification center to its how to be more efficient with the resources present purpose of housing the most available. FY1994 has presented the staff at lYC- aggressive and criminally sophisticated Physical plant improvements made at ' Joliet with a variety of challenges which juvenile delinquents and felons in the lYC-Joliet include Business Office and con­ Juvenile Division. ference room remodeling and consolida­ • have necessitated development of resources to meet a changing and more The facility was accredited in 1983, and tion for more efficient operation and staff diverse population. last reaccreditated in August, 1992. While training.

inSight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 57 Counselor's offices have been remod­ eled in the living units to provide greater ease in providing counseling services to youth. The placement of flowers and plants on the grounds of the facility have provided a more relaxed and non-threat­ ening environment for both youth and staff. Another method of meeting these chal­ lenges was the active recruitment of vol­ unteers at IYC-Joliet. Increased volunteer activities have provided enhanced pro­ grams for youth. These enhancements include art therapy prvgramming for Special Treatment Youth, an Alcoholics Anonymous group which supports the substance abuse program, a youth choir and increases in religious progrmnming and services. i'he utilization of interns, under super­ vision of qualified staff, has provided much needed assistance in mental health treatment and services, clerical support Staff volunteers at IYC-Pere Marquette collected several hundred pounds services and substance abuse treatment of dry goods for a Salvation Army drive in FY1994. and programming. Interns have played a ...... , ...... e • significant and supportive role in enhanc­ ing the programs and quality of life avail­ put on youth conduct and appearance. lengthy history of substance abuse are fre­ able to youth at IYC-Joliet. Over the past year, the facility has been quently impulsive and act out accordingly. Even with increasing workloads, staff faced with several new challenges. These To provide additional services to address have had the opportunity to support the challenges included the flood of 1993, pop­ substance abuse issues, IYC - Pere • local community in a variety of activities ulation increases and changes in the char­ Marquette began efforts to certify an addi- such as conducting several food drives for acteristics of the juvenile population. tional substance abuse counselor. This the homeless and needy, a benefit bake During the flood of 1993, IYC - Pere should be completed in FY1995. sale for a terminally ill child and meetings Marquette had to be evacuated. The youth Many youth, as a result of substance with community groups discussing delin­ and staff were moved to an unoccupied abuse and physical and emotional abuse, quency prevention. living unit at the Alton Mental Health experience crisis situations. In order to Services for staff at IYC-Joliet have been facility in nearby Alton. During the evacu­ effectively address these situations more increased this year including a health fair ation the staff worked hard to provide th(" direct supervision staff have received crisis 1lIld blood pressure screening. youth with the same established programs training. In fact, 75% of all youth supervi­ Future activities and improvements are and services to ensure minimal disruption sors are certified as crisis team members. planned. Next year, fund raising will to their routines. This was done in spite of In order to benefit from and understand begin for a new chapel at IYC-Joliet. several staff members experiencing the cultural differences, all staff at IYC - Pere loss of their homes. After a period of Marquette have received cultural diversity Illinois Youth Center - Pere Marquette approximately seven weeks, the facility training. This training will be updated and was reopened and the youth returned to provided to all staff on an annual basis. Opened: 1963 IYC - Pere Marquette. FY1994 saw additional hires which Capacity: 68 An intense review of facility policies brought to the facility new youth supervi- Minimum Security Juvenile Males and procedures took place in FY1994. The sors with both advanced education and Reaccredited: August, 1992 . purpose of this endeavor was to improve military experience. Another factor FY1994 Average Daily Population: 51 and "fine tune" areas specifically related to impacting service delivery to the youth Average Cost Per Juvenile: $42,569 youth movement, supervision and control was the hiring of another counselor. This of volatile situations. As a result, there position helped to decrease the caseloads illinois Youth Center - Pere Marquette is were no critical incidents during the year. of the existing counselors and provide an open minimum security juvenile cor­ Committing offenses have become more more face-to-face contact with all the rectional facility for males. The facility violent and serious which lengthens the youth. Added contact provides more time stresses the importance of establishing stay of a youth at the facility. In addition, to deal with incidents in tlle early stages of high expectations for youth and staff. Staff drug and alcohol usage has a significant development. This has also helped to elim- • are expected and encouraged to be active­ impact on the juvenile population and inate serious incidents in FY1994. ly involved with the youth and encourage requires additional counseling and The facility has several employees who positive adjustment. A strong emphasis is I intervention resources. Youth with a are taking advantage of the State of Illinois

58 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS Upward Mobility Program. This program training in order to more effectively com­ lYC - Pere Marquette and Principia will improve their career opportunities plete counts, control youth movement and College, a private college located in Elsah. through guidance, counseling and contin- improve overall supervision of the juve­ Volunteers from the college, supervised by ued education. nile population. instructors, offer advanced programming • In FY1994, all staff received training in a A student council was formed to I at the facility for the youth. These pro- new and innovative approach to address- enhance communications between staff grams include peer-to-peer counseling, ing supervision techniques with the juve­ and youth. This opens another avenue for peer group counseling, tutoring, dances nile population. This system, known as resolving potential problems by preven­ I and sporting events. The facility takes Strategies for Juvenile Supervision (SJS), tion through early intervention. In addi­ youth to attend events such as plays, continues to be employed and has expand­ tion, during summer months, staff/youth sports activities and cultural events. In ed into a decision-making tool in all pro­ days are held. This encourages staff (on addition, the youth from IYC - Pere gram areas. In the latter part of FY1994, in and off-duty) to participate in structured Marquette are given prearranged use of order to develop techniques to deal with recreational programs with the youth. It the swimming pool and gymnasium at the increased potential of violence in the provides youth with positive role models Principia College. The interaction with juvenile population, Phase I of Violence and teaches youth pro-social recreational these positive peer role models enhances Interruption training was completed. activities. More importantly, it reaffirms the youths' perception of acceptable Phase II will be completed in FY1995. that staff are interested in and care about behavior and increases their knowledge of Youth supervisors were provided addi­ the youth. socially acceptable activities. tionalJuvenile Tracking System GTS) A unique relationship exists between In addition to the staff being dedicated to the youth at lYC - Pere Marquette, many take time from their personal lives to serve as volunteers in the local commu­ nities. Numerous staff are volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical technicians, Khoury League coaches, school board members and work in senior citizen's meal programs. Staff also encourage youth to experience the satisfaction of helping others. Youth at the facility helped to plant trees after the . _ flood of 1993, wrapped and distributed Christmas gifts to the poor and distributed food to the needy through the Salvation Army. All of these efforts allow IYC - Pere Marquette to meet the present challenges within the Juvenile Division and direct efforts toward meeting new challenges in the future.

Illinois Youth Center - St. Charles

Opened: 1904 Capacity: 318 Medium Security Juvenile Males Reaccredited: August, 1994 FY1994 Average Daily Population: 416 Average Cost Per Juvenile: $33,794

IYC-St. Charles serves as a Reception and Diagnostic Center, as well as a facility serving a general population of youth assigned through the reception process. The continued population growth in the Health care services at youth centers are constantly under review for Juvenile Division has stretched resources in the division requiring creative program­ . effectiveness and efficiency. Providing adequate health care services at a ming to ensure each youth receives ser­ • reasonable cost to taxpayers is a primary goal at all corrections facilities. vices needed. Based on a demographic review of the delinquent history profile for the young

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 59 male offenders coming through the result was a reduction of 152 trips or 14%, able when questions arise. Reception Center at lye - St. Charles in and an increase in the number of youth Eating schedules in the dining room FY1994, it appears these profiles remain moved to appointments or assignments by were also reviewed resulting in youth relatively the same as in FY1993. But, 1,434 (47%). from the reception program eating their • while there was no significant change in Though FY1994 offense profiles are con­ meals at a time when they would be sepa- the committing offenses, the number of sistent with FY1993, the more aggressive rate from general population. This resulted youth needing special treatment services nature of the youth assigned to the in an immediate reduction in tension in increased. Juvenile Division has surfaced as a chal­ I the dining room. During FY1994, the number of youth lenge that must be met. To deal with In reference to student movements, receiving services in reception was 1,914 as aggressive youth alternative programming shakedowns were increased, traffic flow compared to 1,610 youth in FY1993, an into and from the school was restructured increase of 304 youth or 19%. About 43% ...... ~ ...... to a more orderly system, security cover­ of youth were identified in the reception age in th~ school was increased and man­ unit in FY1994 needing special treatment Though FY1994 offense agement visibility was increased with the services as compared to 38% the previous offices of both assistant superintendents fiscal year. profiles are consistent with being located in the school. To meet this challenge the facility FY1993, the more aggres­ Other program options were also devel­ increased the number of treatment staff oped to help youth find constructive out­ and developed a treatment team compo­ sive nature of the youth lets and to assist them in refocusing their nent for the facility headed by a treatment assigned to the Juvenile energy away from aggression. In addition administrator, in addition to the four psy­ to these initiatives, Black History Month chologists presently on staff, two psychol­ Division has surfaced as a activities, Spanish Month activities, a ogists and a casework supervisor position Career Day, special guests such as former were added to the treatment team at the challenge that must be met. Chicago Bull Bob Love and athletic tour­ facility. Next, a contract was established To deal with aggressive naments were held with teams from other with Adler School of Psychology in facilities in softball and basketball. Chicago for 100 intern hours for Ph.D. can­ youth alternative program­ During FY1994, the residential prcgram didates. ming was developed to of IYC-St. Charles increased in population Staff from tlle treatment team, in addi­ 12%, from 307 in July, 1993, to 344 in July, tion to serving the treatment needs of channel each youth's ener­ 1994. In an effort to move youth from the youth in the facility Special Treatment gy toward constructive Reception Unit swiftly into their individu- • Units, also assisted in weekly multi-disci­ alized treatment program and to enhance plinary staffing reviews on all youth going activities casework management, the orientation liv- through reception. This process helped ing unit and orientation process were expedite recommendations for transfers of ••••••••••••••••••• changed . youth to facilities that would best meet The orientation living unit became a res­ their needs. This resulted in a reduction in was developed to channel each youth's identialliving unit and a thorough review length of stay for youth in the reception energy toward constructive activities. In of cases was initiated while the transfer­ center from 30 days to 17 days. It also pro­ the cottages, incentive programs were ring youth were still in the reception unit. vided additional support for youth who developed to reward youth for high levels This allows for the youth to be transferred might be in crisis during the course of of cleanliness and sanitation. directly into their assigned cottage in addi­ their stay in the reception center. In the reception program rewards occur tion to immediate counselor assignment. In the IYC-St. Charles general popula­ weekly. Rewards occur monthly and quar­ The impact of this change has resulted in tion, tlle number of youth receiving ser­ terly in the general population cottages. the assigned counselor incorporating the vices was 464, 82 more youth than the This program provided a positive outlet Strategies for Juvenile Supervision Case previous fiscal year or a 21% increase. In for youth's energy, improved self esteem Plan into each youth's treatment plan, tak­ FY1994, 184, or 44%, of youth in general for positive accomplishment and resulted ing a more holistic approach to working population were identified as needing spe­ in an improved living environment. with each youth. cial treatment services as compared to 143, Management has also been proactive in The orientation of each youth to the or 35%, from the previous year. meeting with youth, responding to con­ facility and its programs became the The increased number of youth in the cerns and being visible at meals and activi­ responsibility of the assigned counselor facility presented an additional challenge ties so as to provide a release for youth and is managed by the casework supervi­ for the Transportation Unit. Changes were concerns. Direction is provided on the spot sor. This also improved the relationship made to improve the efficiency of the unit. defusing issues ~)efore they evolve into a and communication between the teacher, In FY1993, the Transportation Unit han­ crisis. counselor, youth supervisor, mental health dled 1,102 trips involving the movement Unit managers spend time in each of professional, recreation worker, chaplain, of 3,257 youth to appointments and their cottages during the course of their health care worker, support staff, man- assignments. In FY1994, 950 trips were shift as a resource and support person for agers and administrators. They work • taken, but 4,691 youth were transported to both youth and staff. Limits are clearly together to develop goals and objectives to appointments and assignments. The net defined and explanations are readily avail- assist in the establishment of measurable

60 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS expectations for each youth. Increases in population and the facility's wide utility upgrade, extensive repair of The goals developed under SJS are need to continue to provide quality health the storm sewers and drains, major reno­ reviewed by staff. Staff hold each youth care to youth resulted in a thorough evalu­ vation of the school gymnasium, remodel­ responsible and accountable for his behav­ ation being done on the overall health care ing of facilities used by the Statewide • ior. These reviews and communication operation at the facility. This included a Transportation Unit, remodeling of the strengthen the team effort by working review of existing staff levels, internal pro­ facilities used for the small engines and with youth in all areas of programming. cedures and the coordination process with automotive maintenance vocational pro­ Education programs are provided to all other juvenile facilities. The outcome of the grams, planning for the replacement of youth in reception. Curriculum developed review resulted in reorganization of the facility water lines, and construction of a for these classes focus on enhancing inter­ Health Care Unit. new administrative and training building. personal and. communication skills, deci­ In the Dietary Department, the chal­ In the grounds maintenance area, 2,617 sion-making abilities, and increasing lenge was to ensure youth at the facility flowers and plants were donated from the knowledge of personal health and hygiene facility greenhouse to various organiza­ issues and needs. • •••••••••••••••••• tions and other correctional facilities. In All youth in the general population are addition, 4,300 pounds of produce was involved in academic, vocational and To improve efficiency donated to Hessed House shelter in the work experience programs. community to feed the homeless and and effectiveness a thorw Despite the increase in population, par­ 10,697 pounds were donated to various enting and communication classes were ough review was conduct­ correctional facilities. added to the curriculum. The physical In the area of security, the facility contin­ education and special education teachers, ed on the deployment of ued to ensure that each youth would library technical assistant, and school psy­ security staff. The result receive guidance and assistance. Strategies Chologist positions were filled. With the for Juvenile Supervision (SJS) training was additional classes, positions, and modified was more effective use of provided to line staff to ensure there was school schedule the quality of academic personnel which enhanced continuity in communication while work­ services was not diminished. To augment ing with the youth. Weekly cycle training the academic and vocational programs, the the safety and security of was reinstituted to ensure all staff were parent surrogate/volunteers tutored youth the facility and resulted in receiving consistent information on facility an average of three times a week. challenges and solutions. The facility's In the Leisure Time Activities saving $225,000 in level system and behavior intervention Department, the emphasis was on obtain­ personal services. system was revised to make it more practi­ • ing more volunteers for the facility. cal in dealing with youth behavior. The Increased services brought to the facility as •••••••••••••••• e •• changes increased the levels of interven­ a result of volunteer efforts included art tion available to staff in addressing therapy, tutoring, self esteem, values clari­ continued to receive the same well bal­ rewards and restrictions for positive or fication and cultural awareness. In FY1993, anced, nutritional and high quality meals. negative behavior. The Unit Manager 5,574 hours were provided through volun­ During FY1994, 526,960 meals were System was the vehicle for implementing teer reSources. In FY1994, 6,804 hours were served, 10,000 more than FY1993. The this system. provided through volunteer services-an Dietary Department continued to provide To further increase capacity, a cottage increase of 1,320 hours (24%). for numerous special activities including a that previously was designated for high The number of interns providing ser­ volunteer banquet, Phi Delta Kappa din­ school, vocational, and/ or youth who had vices in psychology, clinical services and ner, graduations, Juvenile Advisory Board work assignments at the facility and leisure time increased in FY1994. Interns meeting, facility picnics, soul food dinner, housed one or two youth to a room was have been recruited from Northern Spanish dinner, Christmas open house, changed to house four youth to a room. Illinois, Western Illinois, Aurora and and various workshops, training sessions The number of security staff assigned to Illinois State Universities, Adler School of and special occasions. the cottage was increased. Psychology and the Illinois School of In the Maintenance Department, the To improve efficiency and effectiveness Professional Psychology. Sixteen interns challenge was to keep up with the addi­ a thorough review was conducted on the from these institutions provided 3,371 ser­ tional wear and tear to the physical plant deployment of security staff. The result vice hours. that is brought on by increases in popula­ was more effective use of personnel which The number of religious volunteers tion, and the task of maintaining some enhanced the safety and security of the increased during FY1994. Visiting clergy buildings that date back to 1904. As a facility and resulted in saving approxi­ for the Sunday service and Bible study result, 4,734 work orders were completed. mately $225,000 in personal services. have had a positive influence on the youth In addition, the facility's Grounds As the previous information clearly attending these programs. Attendance in Maintenance Department was transferred demonstrates, the staff of IYC-St. Charles these programs has more than doubled. to the supervision of the Maintenance have responded to a myriad of challenges Daily religious programming for youth in Department to improve continuity of ser­ during this fiscal year. .the Reception Unit continued to grow. Vices. Religious volunteers are recruited from Projects completed by the Maintenance Chicago, Elgin, Aurora, Joliet and DeKalb. Department in FY1994 include a facility-

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 61 Illinois Youth Center - Valley View noted that IYC-Valley View's work train­ FY1994 saw dramatic increases in the ing program was chosen as a 1993 Award number of youth, both female and male, Opened: 1966 of Excellence program winner by the served by this facility with no increase in Capacity: 228 National Association of Counties. staff. The dedicated women and men who Medium Security Juvenile Males The aging physical plant at IYC-Valley work at IYC-Warrenville rallied to meet Re~ccredited: January, 1992 View continues to require maintenance the challenge. FY1994 Average Daily Population: 253 and rep

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.. FY1994 IllitlOisDepartnle;nf ofCotrections . , -FACtLITY MAP"" .' . " .. , .... . ' . • ; ,.

Winnebago. • "Ma" Houston Valley View. • Metro St. Charles. • WestSide Warrenville. Crossroads Fox Valley • f:; Dixon .to. ! ,Ii East Moline ~ <>- East Moline #1 Sheridan A Stateville AA Joliet East Moline #2 Joliet •• Joliet

Kankakee MSU A

.A Dwight HillA ... Pontiac Hannah City <>-. P eorm.

Illinois River A

Danville ... Lincoln 4. Urbana. . Logan ...... Western I1hnois <>- Clayton O fi IdA • Decatur • Sprmg Ie v J ac ksonVl 011'" e_ * SPRINGFIELD A Taylorville Paris <>- .:. Greene CountyllP

.... Graham .... Vandalia <>- Vandalia

A East S1. Louis .... Centralia

A. Big Muddy River

.... Menard Psychiatric A Menard .:. Du Quoin lIP .6. Adult Correctional Centers • Southern Illinois II Illinois Y outh C ..... ~el's Harrisburg. • Community Correctional Centers

~ Work Camps .:. Impact Incarceration Camps • * Central Office insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 65 • ,', ' II," .J

" . _ ["I, 1) _ _ '" _ " "'. I':, " _ " ___ , :-', . \ ~. ... uarlerly ,Rep(lrt'to.the·;JIlinois..GeneJalA.ss~·mbly.··· ... .' IUinoi~Dep·a·rttfient ofCorr,~ctions,Ja.nrt"ry 1, 199p. . ... ' .. " ."' -,'1 .

Number of Residents in All Adult Institutions Number of Residents Facility November 3D, 1994 1. Big Muddy River 1,955 2. Centralia 1,382 3. Danville 1,891 4. Dixon 1,904 5. Dwight 818 6. East Moline 1,021 7. Graham 1,424 8. Hill 1,693 9. Illinois River 1,674 10. Jacksonville 980 11. Joliet 1,214 12. Lincoln 918 13. Logan 1,168 14. Menard 2,563 15. Menard Psychiatric 370 16. Pontiac 2,167 17 . Robinson 1,029 18. Shawnee 1,720 19. Sheridan 1,096 20. Stateville 2,358 21. Taylorville 1,080 22. Vandalia 1,042 23. Vienna 1,396 24. Western Illinois 1,520 25. Community Correctional Centers 1,235 26. Electronic Detention 926 27. Contractual-Federal/Other State 13 28. In-Transit o TOTAL 36,557

Locations of All Department-Operated or Contractually-Operated Community Correctional Centers, including the Population Levels at each Facility

Capacity Population 1.* Crossroads 250 283 2a. Decatur-Women 28 35 2b. Decatur-Men 52 75 3. Fox Valley 100 122 .;1 • J. Ma Houston 42 49 5. Joliet 92 109 6. Metro 52 58 7. Peoria 63 62 8. Southern Illinois 60 61 9. Urbana 83 105 10. Winnebago 71 89 lla. West Side-Women 45 45 llb. West Side-Men 145 142 TOTAL 1,083 1,235 *Contractual

66 JANUARY 19951 inSight INTO CORRECTIONS !'r·.-::-.".":-:.~·-~·,-:-:.""",,r------':··,·w-c~···""",,,,c-,_,··w,",=.~,,",,,,,w.,,.,_ ...' .., Information Indicating the Distribution of Residents in each Facility by the Allocated Floor Space per Resident Approximate ~'2> Square Feet Correctional Center Per Inmate r"o>., ;; 1 1. Big Muddy River 30 t 2. Centralia 37 3. Danville 33 4. Dixon 44 5. Dwight 51 6. East Moline 64 7. Graham 36 8. Hill 33 9. Illinois River 34 10. Jacksonville 33 11. Joliet 43 12. Lincoln 34 13. Logan 49 14. Menard 38 15. Menard Psychiatric 56 16. Pontiac 44 17. Robinson 33 18. Shawnee 38 19. Sheridan 40 20. Stateville 49 21. Taylorville 32 22. Vandalia 33 23. Vienna 43 24. Western Illinois 33 NOTE: The approximate distribution of floor space per inmate only includes actual living area. This does not count dayrooms, control rooms, janitor closets, pluwbing chases, showers and various offices.

Number and Percent of Residents in each Facility that are Single-Celled and the Number and Percent in each Facility that are Double-Celled Number & Percent that are Multi-Celled

Single-Celled Double-Celled Multi-Celled Uncelled Number Percent Number Percent Numbel: Percent Number Percent TOTAL

Big Muddy River 143 7% 1,624 83% 188 10% 0 0% 1,955 Centralia 146 11% 1,226 89% 10 1% 0 0% 1,382 Danville 151 8% 1,548 82% 192 10% 0 0% 1,891 Dixon 406 21% 1,046 55% 452 24% 0 0% 1,904 Dwight 121 15% 600 73% 97 12% 0 0% 818 East Moline 195 19% 342 33% 484 47% 0 0% 1,021 Graham 117 8% 1,300 91% 7 0% 0 0% 1,424 Hill 147 9% 1,542 91% 4 0% 0 0% 1,693 Illinois River 73 4% 1,374 82% 227 14% 0 0% 1,674 Jacksonville 7 1% 0 0% 973 99% 0 0% 980 Joliet 156 13% 862 71% 77 6% 119 10% 1,214 Lincoln 5 1% 0 0% 913 99% 0 0% 918 Logan 138 12% 100 9% 930 80% 0 0% 1,168 Menard 529 21% 1,966 77% 66 3% 2 0% 2,563 Menard Psych 370 100% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 370 Pontiac 806 37% 1,334 62% 27 1% 0 0% 2,167 Robinson 10 1% 0 0% 1,019 99% 0 0% 1,029 Shawnee 246 14% 1,308 76% 166 10% 0 0% 1,720 I Sheridan 201 18% 864 79% 31 3% 0 0% 1,096 I" Stateville 927 39% 1,064 45% 367 16% 0 0% 2,358 Taylorville 7 1% 0 0% 1,073 99% 0 0% 1,080 Vandalia 91 9% 214 21% 738 71% 0 0% 1,043 Vienna 131 9% 850 61% 415 30% 0 0% 1,396 ~t" Western Illinois 123 8% 1,248 82% 149 10% 0 0% 1,520 TOT A L 5,246 15% 20,412 59% B,605 25% 121 0% 34,3B4

insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 67 Ratio of Security Guards to Residents in Each Facility Ratio of Total Employees to Residents in. Each Facility

Correctional Ratio: Number Ratio: Total Number of Center of Security Staff per Resident Staff per Resident 1. Big Muddy River 0.164 0.223 2. Centralia 0.223 0.304 3. Danville 0.162 0.218 4. Dixon 0.199 0.282 5. Dwight 0.295 0.429 6. East Moline 0.194 0.289 7. Graham 0.223 0.315 8. Hill 0.137 0.194 9. Illinois River 0.189 0.264 10. Jacksonville 0.249 0.352 11 Jo.Liet 0.325 0.459 12. Lincoln 0.238 0.330 13. Logan 0.249 0.356 14. Menard 0.229 0.333 15. Menard Psychiatric 0.251 0.430 16. Pontiac 0.286 0.386 17. Robinson 0.198 0.264 18. Shawnee 0.176 0.232 19. Sheridan 0.257 0.349 20. Stateville 0.260 0.386 21. Taylorville 0.191 0.260 22. Vandalia 0.201 0.319 23. Vienna 0.204 0.289 24. Western Illinois 0.189 0.264 TOTAL 0.217 0.306 This information is from the December 12, 1994 payroll report reflecting the November 30, 1994 payroll and the resident population as of November 30, 1994.

Adult Population Projection Monitoring End of Month Population Projections Based on Fiscal YeaI' 1993 Data Percent of Actual Actual Actual Population Over/(Under) Over/ (Under) Population Projection Projection Projection

FY95 JUL 94 35,938 35,913 25 0.07% AUG 94 35,947 36,025 (78) (0.22%) SEP 94 36,427 36,281 146 0.40% OCT 94 36,618 36,444 174 0.48%

68 JANUARY 1995/ insight INTO CORRECTIONS Projected Adult Prison Population for each of the Succeeding Twelve Months Following each Reporting Date, Indicating All Assumptions Built into such Population Estimates

Projections based on Fiscal Year 1994 Date Data

January 1995 36,934

:".:": February 1995 37,145 (., March 1995 37,359 April 1995 37,620 May 1995 37,964 June 1995 38,390 July 1995 38,900 August 1995 39,096 September 1995 39,585 October 1995 39,824 November 1995 39,987 December 1995 40,307

These population projections reflect the Department's efforts to improve upon its methodology to pro­ ject prison population using a simUlation tool that reflects policy changes. Conceptually, the model is designed around the movement of individuals through the prison system. The data reflect fiscal ye3r 1994 experiences. The underlying assumptions are:

1. New felony admissions were increased by 9% for FY95; 7% for FY96; 5% for FY97 through FY99; and 4% increase for the balance.

2. Defaulter admissions (technical violations and new offense v~olations) were based on the probabil­ ity (violation rate) that 17% of all inmates on supervision will violate supervision and be returned to prison. It was assumed that only 13% of all violators would be technical violators.

3. Admissions were seasonally adjusted based on the past four years average percentage distribution by month and the number of delivery days in each month for 1995.

4. Class of crime distributions were based on actual distributions of admissions by class of crime for fiscal year 1994 as reported in OTS.

5. Sentence estimates for new admissions were based on the fiscal year 1994 actual distribution of sentence lengths by class of crime. These data were obtained from OTS.

6. All inmates will receive all their day-for-day good time.

7. For new admissions, there is a probability tha~ 10% will have some good time revoked and 73% will have some time restored, while over half will have all time restored.

8. Jail credits and probation credits were based on actual admission distribution of fiscal year 1994 OTS data by class of crime.

9. An average of 155 days of MGT/SMGT/ET per inmate will be awarded.

10. Projected exits for inmates in the current population as of June 3D, 1994, were based on the sen­ tence calculation module of OTS. For those with indeterminate sentences, it was assumed those inmates who have yet to see the Prisoner Review Board on their minimum sentence will exit on their minimum, while those already past their minimum will exit on their projected maximum release date.

NOTE: OTS refers to the Offender Tracking System.

inSight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 69 Status of All Capital Projects Currently Funded by the Department Location of each Capital Project, the Projected On-Line Dates for each Capital Project, including Phase-in Dates and Full Occupancy Dates

Project Total Full Total Completion Phase-in Beds Beds Occupancy Number Location Date Date Phased-in On-Line Date of Beds

East St. Louis CC Phase I 04/95 05/95 60 60 Phase II 04/95 05/95 340 400 06/95 200 600 06/95 600

Kankakee CC* 03/95 03/95 100 200 03/95 200 (Female)

Illinois River CC 04/95 05/95 224 1,211 05/95 1,211

Sheridan CC 04/95 05/95 224 974 05/95 974

I Western Illinois CC 04/95 05/95 224 1,102 05/95 r 1,102

Tamms CC

Work Camp 05/95 05/95 200 200 05/95 Correctional Center 12/96 12/96 500 700 Undetermin

Vandalia Work Camp Unknown Unknown 200 200 Unknown

pittsfield Work Cam Unknown Unknown 200 200 Unknown

*Kankakee opened as a unit under Dwight Correctional Center in November

f L_" ...... ;.,~~~. 70 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS Present Capacity Levels in each Adult Facility The Projected Capacity of each Facility Six Months and One Year -f Following each Reporting Date I Projected Projected Rated Rated Rated Capacity Capacity Capacity Correctional Centers November 30, 1994 July 1995 January 1996

I. Big Muddy River 1,152 1,152 1,152 2. Centralia 950 950 950 3. Danville 1,096 1,096 1,096 4. Dixon 1,2C6 1,206 1,206 5. Dwight 496 496 496 6. East Moline 688 688 688 7. East St. Louis 600 600 8. Graham 950 950 950 9. Hill 896 896 896 10. Illinois River 987 1,211 1,211 1I. Jacksonville 700 700 700 12. Joliet 1,340 1,340 1,34u 13. *Kankakee 100 200 200 14. Lincoln 558 558 558 15 Logan 850 850 850 16. Menard 2,620 2,620 2,620 17. Menard Psychiatric 315 315 315 18. Pontiac 2,000 2,000 2,000 19. Robinson 600 600 600 20. Shawnee 1,046 1,046 1,046 2I. Sheridan 750 974 974 22. Stateville 2,000 2,000 2,000 23. Tamms (Work Camp) 200 200 24. Taylorville 600 600 600 25. Vandalia 750 750 750 26. Vienna 885 885 885 27. Western Illinois 878 1,102 1,102 28. Contractual-Federal/Other State 13 10 10 ,,'I Sub-Total 24,426 25,995 25,995 Community Correctional Centers j ,J 1. Crossroads 250 250 250 .,,·1 2a.Decatur-Women 28 28 28 ') 2b.Decatur-Men 52 52 52 ! 3. Fox Valley 100 100 100 .·,': •.. J1 4. J. Ma Houston 42 42 42 ' . f 5. Joliet 92 92 92 6. Metro 52 52 52 1 7. Peoria 63 63 63 ' .. 1 8. Southern Illinois 60 60 60 9. Urbana 83 83 83 l 10. Winnebago 71 71 71 ) 11a.West Side-Women 45 45 45 11. West Side-Men 145 155 155 1 1 Sub-Total 1,083 1,093 1,093 ,

Electronic Detention 926 1,150 1,150 j ,. 1 TOTAL 26,435 28,238 28,238

I....· *Kankakee opened in November 1991 as a unit under Dwight CC. In April 1995\! ~ it will become Kankakee Correctional Center. ' .' **Contractual I

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~ . ,,( t.- ,', ;,.; '" ....'!i::, " f-~~--"•.•. " ·.··i Q "", . ::. I .. '.~ .: .' •• ,> '. ~ ::'1' /,; .~.;. ;~;."" ':""','" r Classification of each Facility's Residents by Number of Residents in Maximum, Medium, l. the Nature of the Offense for which each and Minimum Security Facilities Indicating .~ Resident was Committed to the Department the Classification of each Facility's Residents by the Nature of the Offense for which each " t Resident was Committed to the Department I 'l I f j Murder Class X Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Uncls Misd Unknown TOTAL I MAXIMUM 1 Joliet 274 362 212 225 92 49 0 0 0 1,214 .! r, Menard 979 945 255 263 94 29 0 0 3 2,568 . j Pontiac 1,036 796 133 145 52 6 0 0 0 2,168 ..., , ! i Stateville 1,081 842 205 159 51 20 0 0 0 2,358 I I I sub-total 3,370 2,945 805 792 289 104 0 0 3 8,308 ,"·f j FEMALE I Dwight 189 190 103 112 143 81 0 1 0 819 PSYCHIATRIC j r "I I Menard Psychiatric 80 107 38 45 18 5 77 0 370 I i I MEDIUM Big Muddy River 116 695 431 483 163 67 0 0 0 1,955 I Centralia 107 573 245 303 127 27 0 0 0 1,382 t Danville 305 807 306 337 107 29 0 0 0 1,891 ! Dixon 475 792 254 224 114 45 0 0 0 1,904 Graham 123 490 259 305 159 87 1 0 0 1,424 I i Hill 214 755 257 316 97 54 0 0 0 1,693 i Illinois River 186 762 257 296 130 43 0 0 0 1,674 I. Logan 73 372 203 256 169 95 0 0 0 1,168 ~. Shawnee 140 309 427 l 638 155 51 0 0 0 1,720 ·1 I Sheridan 24 488 217 252 91 24 0 0 0 1,096 I ! I Western Illinois 123 667 286 305 110 29 0 0 0 1,520 ,I I sub-total 1,886 7,039 3,024 3,504 1,422 551 1 0 0 17,427 j i 1 MINIMUM ' { if i East Moline 24 473 177 214 80 53 0 0 0 1,021 t Jacksonville 15 301 275 258 90 41 0 0 0 980 Lincoln 7 344 200 232 96 39 0 0 0 918 Robinson 4 362 218 249 111 85 0 0 0 1,01'9 Taylorville 5 438 222 258 113 44 0 0 0 1,080 IL Vandalia 0 211 241 324 148 118 0 0 0 1,042 I ! Vienna 20 592 427 289 52 16 0 0 0 1,396 i !'" sub-total 75 2,721 1,760 1,824 690 396 0 0 0 7,466 I 1- 1 Community Correctional 1 273 468 364 87 42 0 0 0 1,235 i Contractual - Federal 8 5 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 13 ! I Electronic Detention 1 2 84 527 203 109 0 0 0 926 !. TOTAL 5,610 13,282 6,282 7,168 2,852 1,288 78 1 3 36,564 NOTE: Data on class of crime is obtained from the Offender Tracking System (OTS). Class of crime data reflects the highest class of crime for which an inmate has been committed. Data entry delay may cause some discrepancy with other counts.

Source: Offender Tracking System (OTS) - November 30, 1994

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72 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS I I I

_. ¥M~~ .....,~~ __ -..~, ~.- "'" ....,.,"""' ..,.,.,._. . .. ~.... .,.' "-""- - '"';->;-""'., ...... ,.,.. .. ¥.¥~'.""""'-"'.~--" ...... ,.,..- - Adult Institutional Intak~, Exits, Transfers IN, & Transfers OUT· Fiscal Year 1994 :,j I JUt AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JON TOTAL -! . I Bmr-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 I Ex 93 69 64 64 76 366 I Tr- 157 256 268 282 207 1,170 81 91 113 94 582 j Tr- 203 i Cen-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 i Ex 79 72 64 76 69 360 I Tr- 154 193 178 137 172 834 1 Tr- 93 107 97 79 104 480 ·1 Dan-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 84 61 78 50 63 336 ! Tr- 139 139 160 138 171 747 Tr- 67 59 86 84 107 403 1 I Dix-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 ! Ex 74 55 79 69 67 344 Tr- 95 153 174 167 108 697 Tr- 47 67 51 69 54 288 Ii Dwi-In 129 145 147 136 136 693 Ex 60 47 61 64 50 282 Tr- 12 14 8 19 19 72 ! Tr- 87 79 105 169 96 536 1 Erno-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 66 45 70 79 82 342 , .. !j Tr- 138 66 110 153 112 579 Tr- 26 36 33 31 62 188 . Ii Gra-In 170 150 180 172 174 846 Ex 50 54 48 37 43 232 , I Tr- 79 213 142 260 96 790 I Tr- 250 329 359 233 203 1,374 I Hil-In 0 0 G 0 0 0 ! Ex 72 81 77 69 78 377 Tr- 182 158 175 162 136 813 421 Tr- 82 74 95 93 77 ,)11 I Iri -In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 61 81 82 64 59 347 ,.! Tr- 150 137 168 173 162 790 Tr- 68 48 105 108 89 418 i I Jac-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 ! t. Ex 82 100 103 86 100 471 Tr- 120 163 135 144 131 693 j , ~.! Tr- 51 48 46 52 47 244 1 Jol-In 1,661 1,359 1,883 1,496 1,321 7,720 1 I Ex 53 57 61 64 83 318 c I Tr- 46 36 62 60 47 251 Tr- 1,486 1,658 1,906 1,649 1,448 8,147 I \ ! Lin-In 0 0 0 0 G 0 Ex 79 59 67 65 81 351 I Tr- 120 133 106 115 127 601 Tr- 32 61 42 47 47 229

Log-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 88 66 84 65 82 385 Tr- 152 146 152 208 289 947 Tr- 67 88 75 177 92 499 (Continued on Next Page) .' o i .. ____ .__ .__ ._._. __ ~._~ __.J l~=_ .. - insight INTO CORRECTIONS I JANUARY 1995 73 ------.------.-----

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JUt AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JON TOTAL .... Men-In 49 62 63 46 53 273 ~ Ex 64 57 46 55 56 278 Tr- 108 125 116 117 128 594 '.' 11 Tr- 118 132 150 96 114 610 1 Mnp-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 7 12 11 9 14 53 ] Tr- 48 29 63 49 23 212 Tr- 45 27 48 30 25 175 1 Pon-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 I Ex 29 27 34 30 36 156 ,I Tr- 98 107 80 83 109 477 Tr- 47 60 73 61 58 299 " ,1 Rob-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 92 66 78 69 105 410 Tr- 156 189 180 149 167 841 Tr- 12 135 88 80 102 477 ".1I Sha-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 84 78 103 101 116 482 Tr- 277 214 506 177 165 1,339 " I Tr- 120 176 220 82 94 692 ,1 She-In 1 0 0 0 0 1 " Ex 64 46 61 67 68 306 ' 'II Tr- 94 122 105 117 101 539 j Tr- 16 74 50 51 24 215 ,J

Sta-In 0 0 1 0 3 4 >: ":,:.: 1~ Ex 164 23 270 182 164 803 Tr- 184 267 258 254 247 1,210 I) Tr- 49 243 92 61 67 512 J Tay-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 74 38 72 64 73 321 Tr- 144 114 187 118 131 694 Tr- 68 84 107 54 76 389 Van-In 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ex 165 90 137 123 125 640 1 Tr- 244 195 258 173 200 1,070 I Tr- 66 119 87 73 84 429 J "j Vie-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ex 96 74 76 117 104 467 ',', , Tr- 205 100 494 264 164 1,227 1 Tr- 27 36 139 129 180 511 I Wil-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Ex 68 50 87 46 82 333 ! Tr- 162 151 184 164 189 850 Tr- 75 76 112 64 108 435 I~ 'el "'j TOT-In 2,011 1,716 2,274 1,850 1,687 9,538 Ex 1,848 1,408 1,913 1,715 1,876 8,760 Tr- 3,264 3,420 4,269 3,683 3,401 18,037 Tr- 3,262 3,897 4,257 3,685 3,452 18,553 IN = Intake EX = Exit TR-IN = Transfers In TR-OUT = Transfrs Out CONT = Contractual Note: The Department of Corrections manages its population from a total system perspective. Provided in this table are historical data on intake (court + supervision violators), exits (community correctional center, MSR, parole, discharge, death), inter-institutional transfers in, and inter-institutional transfers out.

74 JANUARY 19951 insight INTO CORRECTIONS II::)""'--"",""",,,"-...... : ___e ~E .....d ..... ~u-c-:..a-ti....;,;.·.....,o-'-n=a-l-an;...... -d..;...- ;...;.Vi-oc.....a~ti..;.-o-na .....-'l..;...p"'-'~~::g:::r .....a-m:::~s--p=rozFv-:.'i-d.;...e::d-:.a::.t::.e::.a.,-c"'"h..:.A .... d"'-U;...;.·~-t F--:"'"-~-i.,..,.,l ....ity::::.=:::.;..;,·--~-·=-::::· .....'-:.::.::.::.::..Cf"'"l Number of Residents Participating in each such Program e\ EDUCATIONAL: BMR CEN DAN DIl DWI EMO GRA HIL IRI JAC JOL LIN LOG MEN MNP paN ROB SHA SHE STA TAY VAN VIE WIL TOTAL Mand. Basic ED 168 162 70 69 37 39 106 119 123 141 66 86 116 158 26 83 105 126 210 54 107 142 20 100 2,433 Basic Education 37 14 33 63 53 42 13 18 26 0 o 16 23 10 11 53 8 16 18 34 0 0 67 20 575 Eng./Second Lan 28 4 0 o 0 12 17 0 37 0 o 11 14 0 o 0 0 0 16 o 0 0 0 35 174 Chapter 1 o 25 19 o 15 0 29 0 0 0 o 10 11 0 o 0 0 0 58 o 0 0 0 0 167 GED 170 140 197 82 60 24 136 161 170 168 97 115 229 123 10 156 103 105 96 92 99 134 257 116 3,040 Special Educ. 32 11 22 16 4 33 0 42 1 0 10 10 0 21 14 0 4 34 0 18 0 33 0 305 Job Service o 0 o 0 0 000 000 000 o 0 0 Driver's Educ. o o 0 Music o 0 i Orientation o 0 0 0 lather 4 12 33 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 o 0 0 116 8 0 0 0 221 I College - 2 yr 60 73 107 197 46 69 III 62 8 47 31 64 99 150 o 97 15 59 57 114 122 94 120 139 1941 P College - 4 yr 1 23 47 82 8 36 40 56 0 9 11 2 2 0 o 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 33 0 363 I Sub-Total Educ. 496 452 499 521 256 255 452 458 365 413 215 314 494 462 61 390 235 352 571 312 336 403 497 410 9,219

I VOCATIONAL: BMR CEN DAN DIX DWI EMO GRA HIL IRI JAC JOL LIN LOG MEN MNP paN ROB SHA SHE STA TAY VAN VIE WIL TOTAL Ale. Fuels Prod o Alignment o o Appl. Repair o 17 17 Auto Body o 20 o o 0 17 13 50 Auto Body I Adv. o I Auto Engine o o ! Auto Hechanics 17 0 15 15 16 0 0 16 16 14 27 136 I Auto Mech., Adv . o Auto Repair o o f Auto, Basic o o I Automot. Maint. o o Automot. Tech. o 15 10 o 13 0 14 o o 17 69 Bachelor Living 8 8 Baker 1 1 Barber/College 11 8 10 o 13 42 r Blueprint Rdg. o o • Building Maint. 22 0 10 1 o 17 10 16 12 18 o o 15 10 18 o 149 I Building Trades 21 o o o o 21 Bus. Info. Sys. 10 17 27 Bus. Mgmt. 17 20 o 16 53 I Bus. ace/Typing o 33 19 52 Career Counsel. o o 18 22 40 Career Orient. o o Ceramics o Comm. Art&Photo 15 14 o 29 Comm. Cooking o 17 I Comm. Cook., A I Const Tech/Mgmt 22 12 13 9 31 16 17 o o 18 r Consumer Elec. o 1: l:l1 , Cook, Short Ord Cooks/Cook Sch. 1 o Ii Coop. Work Trng 39 32 89 30 o 32 76 60 126 36 43 36 31 0 8 0 24 37 0 34 41 37 33 844 .j t Cosmetology 13 15 28 r Culinary Arts Q Q Q Data Processing 36 17 15 28 33 32 19 15 o 15 15 15 14 33 19 o 30~1 I Diesel Mech. 20 12 32 1 Diversified ace Drafting 17 0 o o o o 17 16 Drafting, Adv. Driver's Educ. r Electrical Rep. 19 e Electronics 17 32 0 11 16 19 o o : 0 ;11 Electron., Adv. I'. EMT I Advanced o ~ i ~. ~~~' Refresher o 01 • o 32 32 'j I ERT o 0 J

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Educational and Vocational Programs Provided at each Adult Facility , ! i (Continued) i '",; •i .j VOCATIONAL: Bmr Cen Dan Dix Dwi Emo Gra Hil Iri Jac Jol Lin Log Men Mnp Pon Rob Sha She Sta Tay Van Vie Wil Total I Energy Tech. 14 o 14 Fast Foods 9 9 Financial Mgmt o o Fire Science 7 7 First Responder 20 20 Food Safety & San. 25 25 Food Service 16 21 15 19 15 7 14 19 17 21 o 164 Food Svc, Appl 16 16 Game t·lanagement 3 3 Graphic Arts 12 15 o 8 o 16 14 o 65 Horticulture 17 14 o 13 10 10 11 15 8 22 o 13 17 150 Horticul., Adv. o H/V /AC/Refrig. 14 19 o 16 9 16 74 Ind. Maint. 19 o 20 17 7 o 14 18 14 21 o 35 165 I Jour'lalism o o Laundry/Dry Cln 11 11 Lab Math o o o 8 o 8 Learning Lab* o Ii Legal Research* o Machinist 16 16 Maintenance o o Masonry 17 17 Mass Media Comm o o Meat Cutting o o Ofc Mach Repair o o Office Occ. 9 o 9 Photography o '.:1 Pre-Vocational o Printing o Resid. Trades o o Restaurant Mgmt 16 14 30 I Sec. Science 38 17 16 71 L Sheet Metal 16 16 Sign Painting o Sml Eng Repair o 16 16 17 11 16 76 r Spec Needs Coop o ! Supv Mgmt 36 36 I Surveying 16 16 Typing 31 31 t Water/Wastewtr o o Welding o 22 o o o o o o o 20 o 42 I Welding, Adv o o Woodworking 16 16 Parenting* o Other o 7 o 7 76 128 58 o 16 27 o 319 *Non-Credit o Sub-Total Voc. 202 190 154 146 86 104 290 273 404 87 30 92 197 117 27 119 94 128 137 35 179 206 294 115 3,706 Combined Ed/voc 698 642 653 667 342 359 742 731 769 500 245 406 691 579 88 509 329 480 708 347 515 609 791 525 12,925 Students Served 632 629 617 626 293 342 621 749 580 453 243 348 543 626 81 490 342 402 464 347 438 536 663 417 11,482 f (Non-Duplicated)

Ill" NOTE: This table represents the number of inmates participating in vocational and academic programs. ThlS is a dupli- '".,' cated count because an inmate can be involved in more than one academic and/or vocational program. Total number of stu- dents served for November 1994 .as 11,482. \

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Number of Residents in All Juvenile Institutions Approximate Square Feet Per Resident Facility Youths in Residence November 30, 1994 Approximate Square Feet 1. Harrisburg 405 Illinois Youth Center Per Resident

2. Joliet 291 1. Harrisburg 44 2. Joliet 44 3. Pere Marquette 63 3. Pere Marquette 49 4. st. Charles 48 4. Charles 466 5. Valley View 74 st. 6. Warrenville 65 5. Valley View 258

6. Warrenville 132 NOTE: The approximate distribution of floor space per inmate only includes actual living area. This does not count dayrooms, control rooms, janitor closets, plumbing chases, showers and various offices. TOTAL 1,615 .. Source: Juvenile Tracking System (JTS)

Number and Percent of Residents that are Single-Celled, Double-Celled, or Multi-Celled

Singls-Celle Double-Celled Multi-Celled Facility Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent TOTAL

1. Harrisburg 170 42% 234 58% 0 0% 404 2. Joliet 159 55% 132 45% 0 0% 291 3. Pere Marquette 4 6% 40 65% 18 29% 62 4. St. Charles 122 26% 246 53% 97 21% 465

)0 5. Valley View 189 73% 70 27% 0 0% 259 6. Warrenville 37 28% 66 50% 29 22% 132

TOTAL 681 42% 788 49% 144 9% 1,613

Source: Juvenile Tracking System (JTS) Report JERHP105, Resident Housing Report, November 30, 1994

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Projected Juvenile Institution Population for each of the Succeeding Twelve Months I - -I ! Following each Reporting Date, Indicating All Assumptions I Built into such Population Estimates l ':~ j Projections based on Fiscal Year 1994 Date Data 1

January 1995 1,614 I February 1995 1,615 March 199~ 1,640 1 April 1995 1,647 ! May 1995 1,658 June 1995 1,686 July 1995 1,722 August 1995 1,736 September 1995 1,765 October 1995 1,785 November 1995 1,781 December 1995 1,817 o

These population projections are the result of the population projection model called "Prophet". "Prophet" represents a new generation of simulation software developed by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. It provides a superior foundation for modeling the accumulation and flow of cases through a correctional system. It is based on the experience of the immediate past and assumptions based on current or future policy. The data used in these projections reflect fiscal year 1994 experience. The underlying assumptions are:

1. New felony admissions will increase by 7% in FY95; 6% in FY96; 5% in Fy97 and FY98i and 4% in the remaining years.

2. The parole violator rate will remain at the FY94 level of 29% of all parole exits returned to juvenile facilities.

3. Slight increases in delinquent lengths of stay for lower class offenses based on current trends.

4. Sentence estimates for all new populations were based on the actual distribution for FY94 exits broken down by class of crime.

NOTE: JTS refers to the Juvenile Tracking System.

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Projected Projected Rated Capacity Rated Capacity Rated Capacity Facility November 30, 1994 July 1995 January 1996

1. Harrisburg 276 276 276

2. Joliet 212 212 212

3. Pere Marquette 68 68 68

4. St. Charles 318 318 318

5. Valley View 228 228 228

6. Warrenville 108 108 108

Total 1,210 1,210 1,210

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1[1.\,, Facility Murder Class X Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class A Class B Class C Unclassified Unknown TOTAL Ij \1 ! r '~ 1. Harrisburg 77 92 105 57 39 33 405! I 2. Joliet 37 104 42 55 25 15 13 291j , I L I ! " 3. Pere Marquette 0 13 24 13 63 1 I ,) ! 4. St. Charles 14 91 92 101 70 31 40 27 466 I

5. Valley View 3 50 60 70 37 16 22 258

c.' I 6. Warrenville 10 27 30 33 18 132

I (j I I TOTAI, 60 332 326 385 235 114 134 1 28 1,615 ·1 I

Source: Juvenile Tracking System ,JTS) Report JERRM117, as of November 30, 1994 I Ratio of Security Staff to Residents in each Facility 0;. Ratio of Total Employees To Residents in each Facility I " I Facility Ratio: Number of Security Ratio: Total Number of I " Staff per Resident Staff per Resident I 1. Harrisburg 0.374 0.562 "I 2. Joliet 0.422 0.669 1 3. Pere Marquette 0.483 0.817 ! 4. st. Charles 0.403 0.640 I 5. Valley View 0.366 0.595

6. Warrenville 0.386 0.614

TOTAL 0.395 0.623 fO .

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Educational and Vocational Programs at each Juvenile Facility Number of Residents Participating in each Program

Harris- Pere St. Valley- Warren- burg yoliet Marquette Charles view ville Total

Academic Students 387 237 67 372 274 129 1,466

Special Programs:

College o o o o o o o Chapter 1 162 137 34 138 102 74 647 Special Education 146 215 23 196 136 63 779 !r Vocational Students 422 236 41 244 192 108 1,243 I' Vocational Students by Program (May be duplicated)

r Auto Body 33 0 33 Auto Mechanics 31 9 21 61 Business Occupations 33 44 77 Cable Installation 0 o Career Counseling 97 40 0 137 Carpentry 0 o Contruction/Building Trades 31 41 15 20 107 CWT-Related Information o 41 83 77 64 265 CWT-Work Experience o 47 64 15 0 126 Custodial Maintenance 45 0 45 Data Processing 90 6 i2 168 ., D.A.V.E.A. o Drafting o ! Drug Program 33 33 I" Electronics o , EMT 30 30 ] Food Preparation/Culinary 93 32 0 125 Graphic Arts 17 17 Horticulture/Landscaping 54 I Industrial Building Maint o 15 0 218 I I Interventions 18 18 .' PC 86 86 ,

Small Appliance kepair o ! Small Engine Repair 76 32 0 108 . Vocational/IRU 0 o I W•.E.C.E.P. 33 18 51 I Welding o 'I, I Career Exploration 32 32

! ~.'" Total 774 312 41 254 274 136 1,791 ! r Students Served 433 312 67 496 292 129 1,729 (Unduplicated) I NOTE: This table represents the number of residents participating in vocational and academic programs. i These counts are duplicated because a re~ident can be involved in more than one academic and/ r or vocational program. I Total number of students served as of November 30, 1994 was 1,729. • c ,,;1 Printed by Authority of State of illinois December 1994 •. 2,200 copies

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