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Report Date: |
12-12-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
December, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Report that PCC has been
ordered to replace and repair
much of the plumbing in one of
the medium security areas.
It is believed this area is
currently clear of inmates that
were already transferred out of
PCC. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
12-11-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
December, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Dwight Correctional Center
(Dwight, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Dwight Correctional
Center was expected to fill 41
open positions in the wake of
the Pontiac Prison closure.
In the last couple of weeks, it
was reported that Dwight will
not have these positions filled
if PCC doesn't close. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
12-2-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
December 1-2, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Reports that there have
been two staff medical calls to
PCC in the past two days.
It is unusual to have medical
calls to PCC for staff/employee
situations. It is
important to note that the type
of medical calls is UNKNOWN, and
may not be related to the
closure of PCC.
UPDATE:
A couple of additional report
said these staff medical calls
were weather related and not
with inmates. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
12-2-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
N/A |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Report that maximum
security inmates will be
transferred to Thomson next
week. However, the TRO
(Temporary Restraining Order)
will legally prevent any
non-normal transfers from PCC. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
12-1-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
Late November 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Report that PCC has
ordered six-months of food
(non-perishable) within the last
few days. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-26-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
11-26-2008 |
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Facility: |
Illinois Department of
Corrections (IDOC) |
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Description: |
A vendor to the Illinois
Department of Corrections has
reported the IDOC is not paying
vendors on time, and some
vendors are planning on stopping
shipments to correctional
facilities, including food. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-26-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 2008 |
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Facility: |
Stateville Correctional Center
(Crest Hill/Joliet, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Reports indicate two of
the guard towers at Stateville
have roof issues. Reports
say these issues can be viewed
from the road outside of the
facility. |
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Additional Info: |
If you have photos of these
issues, please submit them to us
and we'll post them online. |
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Report Date: |
11-25-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
11-25-2008 |
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Facility: |
Thomson Correctional Center
(Thomson, Illinois) |
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Description: |
A drywall ceiling in a
cell house collapsed at Thomson
Correctional Center.
Nobody was hurt. An inmate
reported hearing strange sounds
just before the collapse.
From reports: Inmates from this
unit are being housed in another
unit of the facility, possibly
in the maximum security area.
The collapse was severe, and it
cut off power to the unit.
Water supply is possibly cut
off. Guard reports say
other ceilings within the
facility appear to be "bowing."
The union reports they have not
been allowed access to the
facility to inspect it on the
grounds of safety concerns. |
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Additional Info: |
See
IN THE NEWS
section of this web site for
news reports. |
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Report Date: |
11-25-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
11-25-2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Two Assistant Attorney
Generals visited an inmate in
Pontiac's condemned unit on
Tuesday. An officer in the
parking lot noticed a vehicle
with the truck not secured.
Since some medium security
inmates can work outside
details, this is a major issue.
Upon further investigation,
eight (8) cans of beer were
found inside the unsecured
trunk. This vehicle
belonged to the two Assistant
Attorney General's. This
incident was documented, but
nobody is sure what the
disposition will be. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-21-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Pontiac Correctional
Center staff has been told that
offenders in the South
Mental Health unit are to
have paperwork stating they have
"no issues or problems" so they
can be transferred to
any facility within the
state,
regardless if the facility has a
special Mental Health unit. |
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Additional Info: |
Pantagraph video with Mental
Health unit of PCC explaining
about the Mental Health unit at
Pontiac Correctional Center: [VIDEO] |
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Report Date: |
11-21-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 3 - 18, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Between November 3rd and
November 18th, at least
twenty-eight (28) Pontiac
Correctional Center inmates have
been reclassified by IDOC in so
they could be transferred to
lower-security prisons around
the state. Twenty-six (26)
inmates had their "escape risk"
downgraded from 'moderate' to
'low'. Two (2) inmates
were downgraded from 'high' to
'moderate'. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-18-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
11-18-2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
This afternoon, inmates were
being notified of their
transfers. An inmate
housed in the north cell house
(which is where the worst of the
worst are housed), became
very upset and was stating "he
was not going to transfer."
He then began to cut himself.
He is an inmate that no other
facility in the state wants to
handle. He was treated in
the PCC health care unit. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-18-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
Currently |
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Facility: |
Lawrence Correctional Center
(Sumner, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Inmates (due to
transfers from PCC) are being
double-celled. These
inmates are "segregation"
inmates and should not be
double-celled. This is a
security risk to the inmates and
staff. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-18-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
Currently |
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Facility: |
Sheridan Correctional Center
(Sheridan, Illinois) |
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Description: |
This facility runs the
Governor's "Drug Rehab" program,
designed to reduce recidivism by
providing drug rehab to inmates.
It was reported that those
individuals in this program are
provided multiple chances to
pass a drug screening test.
In some cases, 10 to 15
attempts, in order to pass so
the state doesn't have to
violate their parole. |
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Additional Info: |
This program is the primary
source of the Governor's plan to
reduce recidivism. In
order for it to appear
successful, having individuals
fail drug screenings would look
bad. |
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Report Date: |
11-18-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
2008 |
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Facility: |
Stateville Correctional Center
(Crest Hill/Joliet, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Stateville had an
outside wall that was in very
bad condition, and it crumbed
apart while inmates were outside
in that yard. All inmates
were ordered away from the wall
and to get on the ground.
They were then hand-cuffed and
escorted out of the yard. |
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Additional Info: |
This information comes from a
PCC guard who was told by an
inmate who was located at
Stateville and transferred to
Pontiac. The inmate said
they were hand-cuffed because
the Stateville guards didn't
want any inmates to attempt to
escape through the broken wall. |
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Report Date: |
11-18-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
2008 |
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Facility: |
Stateville Correctional Center
(Crest Hill/Joliet, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Report that one of the
cell houses at Stateville does
not have working plumbing, and
inmates are forced to use
outside port-a-pottys. At
night, inmates are provided
buckets, which are cleaned each
day. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-18-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Informed that PCC
currently has 107 inmates that
violated their paroles.
This shows how low the number is
within the state of Illinois
correctional system. This
number would be expected to be
higher. |
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Additional Info: |
This information was provided
after the press conference this
afternoon, regarding recidivism
rates in Illinois being at an
all-time low. Mayor
McCoy's opinion from his
research is that the Governor
and IDOC are not violating
parolees in order to save money. |
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Report Date: |
11-17-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 10-14, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Lawrence Correctional Center
(Sumner, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Inmates rip out four toilets
from cells. |
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Additional Info: |
Lawrence does not have the
special hardware and equipment
needed for these inmates.
Lawrence was not a maximum
security facility until the PCC
closure. |
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Report Date: |
11-17-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 14, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Menard Correctional Center
(Menard, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Two staff assaults. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-17-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 10-14, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Five inmates from PCC were
reclassified down from
Protective Custody (PC).
One is a sex offender. By
reclassifying them, they can be
put back into the general
population and they will no
longer be protected. These
five inmates were transferred
from PCC already. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-16-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 10-14, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Lawrence Correctional Center
(Sumner, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Transferred inmates arrived at
Lawrence. The facility
didn't have enough space to
house the inmates for the night.
Preparations were made for
sleeping on the gym floor.
Some of the inmates (exact
number unknown) were placed into
correctional center vehicles
(believed in vans), and driven
around all night. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-15-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
N/A |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Staff informed that no inmate
transfers occurred last week
(Nov 10-14, 2008) from Pontiac.
Next week (Nov 17-21, 2008), no
inmate transfers expected.
Following week (Nov 24-28, 2008
- Thanksgiving week), expected
to transfer over 300 inmates
from Pontiac Correctional
Center. |
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Additional Info: |
NOTE: On Thanksgiving week, the
staff is expected to be
decreased and office staff is on
a three-day week for the
holiday. |
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Report Date: |
11-15-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 10-14, 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Pinckneyville and Big Muddy
River correctional facilities
went on lockdown sometime during
the week of November 10-14,
2008. Pinckneyville
lockdown due to two staff
assaults. Big Muddy River
lockdown due to inmate fights.
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-15-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
A Pontiac inmate being readied
for transfer from Pontiac was
very upset and didn't want to be
transferred. He stated he
didn't want to be transferred
because his family (from the
Chicago area) wouldn't be able
to visit him if moved farther
away from Chicago. He
became so upset that he began to
bang his head against a wall,
splitting it open and causing
him to be rushed to the medical
unit for treatment.
Because of the injury, he did
not transfer on the bus that
day. The next day, he was
transferred on a single "writ"
vehicle. (A car or van.) |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-15-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 2008 |
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Facility: |
Lawrence Correctional Center
(Sumner, Illinois) |
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Description: |
An inmate recently transferred
from Pontiac to Lawrence became
upset from the transfer and cut
himself multiple times. He
bled out to the point that
Lawrence couldn't handle the
situation. The inmate was
transferred for medical
attention to Champaign,
Illinois. The inmate
survived, but almost didn't make
it. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-14-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
offices have been ordered to
destroy (shred) documents and
any copies of documents. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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Report Date: |
11-14-2008 |
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Incident Date: |
November 2008 |
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Facility: |
Pontiac Correctional Center
(Pontiac, Illinois) |
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Description: |
Inmate told he was going to
transfer took a zipper and began
to cut himself on the legs.
He stated he did not want to be
transferred. |
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Additional Info: |
N/A |
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