Cynthia McDonalds son, Joseph Wilson, 44, died of a COVID-19-related illness while hospitalized on April 13. The advocates accuse the governor of dragging his feet in the face of a pandemic, putting prisoners and staff at greater risk. Zach LaVine finished with a game-high 41 points, DeMar DeRozan added 21 and Patrick Beverley had a double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Recently, Governor Pritzker announced that all staff working in Illinois prisons will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by mid-October. At about 100 pounds and in poor health, 78-year-old Susan Hertzberg hardly poses a threat to public safety, her lawyer said. A broken ankle. (Youngrae Kim / Chicago Tribune). Echevarria is incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center. The epicenter of IDOC outbreaks in the first wave was at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, where 12 prisoners died in 4 weeks. An Illinois lawmaker and a county sheriff are raising fresh concerns about Gov. It was tough., Down to Business: Helping children learn to communicate empowers whole family, speech-language pathologist says, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. But theres no mechanism in Illinois to permit us to do that, said the bills sponsor, state Sen. John Connor, D-Lockport. He cited the rising numbers and urged the department to act quickly because of an anticipated nationwide fall/winter surge, making a priority of prisons with large elderly populations, such as the one in Dixon. Some say they should be vaccinated with the same urgency as others in congregate settings, such as nursing homes. Angelo Ciaravino and Richard Zoller both have a way of getting their Mount Carmel teammates and the crowd fired up. He mentored younger men and ran an inmates chapter of the Jaycees charity, as well as other prison programs. The bill provides reasonable timeframes and deadlines for the Prisoner Review Board to review cases involving medical incapacity or terminal illness, and to determine if those inmates with victim input would basically have a quality-of-life improvement if theyre moved out of prison, Connor said. People are dying and theres no urgency assigned to anything, Ryan said. Building Blocks of Success IDOT announces March dates for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program workshops. People incarcerated in Illinois will be among those vaccinated against coronavirus during the next phase, according to a newly released state plan. Citing his age and poor health, Grays lawyer made a final plea for mercy dated Nov. 5. Read it here! The lawsuit was one of two filed in the early days of the pandemic alleging that Gov. She cared about people a whole lot, said her husband. This report has been corrected to indicate that the state Senate had already passed the amendment. State Rep. Marcus Evans, the sponsor of the amendment, said it would not change existing Illinois law but make permanent the rights workers already have. Many experts agree the best way to control the virus in prison is to reduce head count. The first prison inmates to go home under Illinois new early release program could be out within a month, the director of the state Corrections Department said Monday. Lawmakers pass bill on early release of terminally ill prisoners, advance effort to put collective bargaining rights into constitution, State lawmakers address cannabis licensing, Asian American history, free menstrual hygiene products, Fact-check: State senator makes the grade with remark about public support for elected Chicago school board, Sexual assault in schools, life-sustaining medical treatment, marriage license language all addressed in state bills, Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center, Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports. As of Monday, more than 10,800 state inmates and 4,200 staff members had tested positive for the virus, according to IDOC statistics posted online. He said the department has responded aggressively to a challenging public health crisis that has yet to yield. The Illinois Department of Corrections will identify medically vulnerable and elderly prisoners eligible for early release or electronic home monitoring. Similar to what happened in the outside world, the pandemic seemed under control in Illinois prisons most of the summer. Photos: Northwestern loses to Penn State 68-65 in overtime, Nick Niego is back as Brother Rice stuns St. Rita. Dr. John Raba, the court-appointed monitor in a federal consent decree case regarding inmate health care, began pushing in August for the testing of all staff. "Too many seriously ill people in prisons are getting substandard medical care at exorbitant cost to the state," said State Representative Will Guzzardi (D- Chicago). They work tremendously hard under really difficult circumstances, Caumiant said. On January 13th, state legislators approved a colossal 764-page police and criminal justice reform bill that includes major changes, such as ending the practice of cash bail and money bonds, requiring all officers across Illinois to wear body cameras, and easing restrictions placed on those convicted of lesser charges. The lawsuit filed in April 2020 alleged prison settings pose a particular risk of spreading COVID-19, with catastrophic consequences not just to the prisoners and staff, but also to their communities and the hospitals that serve them., Stateville Correctional Center, a maximum security state prison for men in Crest Hill, on March 30, 2020. Prisons and their surrounding communities would be safer. Anthony Ehlers, who is serving life at Stateville Correctional Center for a 1992 murder, said he was sick in March and likely infected his longtime cellmate, James Scott. Already approved by the state Senate, it will go before voters, appearing on Illinois ballot in 2022. And I'm proud to turn it into law today.". She described a frantic several days just calling everybody at the prison, back and forth, in circles, basically. Relatives also called a nearby hospital, she said, but inmates at the hospital are listed as John Does, which added to the initial confusion. He had three disciplinary tickets in four decades for minor infractions, said his lawyer, Soble. Alan, welcome to the show. Vaccinating prisoners is good public policy. Mason, 76, said a feeling of lightness overtook him when a correctional officer stopped by his cell to tell him he was going home. "I watched helplessly as my father died a lonely death behind bars," said Joe Coleman, Jr. "I thank the Governor and the General Assembly for ensuring no other family has to experience that despair, and for doing so in the honor of my father. About 400 staff and 1,700 inmates are considered current cases. More than 1,000 Illinois prisoners to be released under COVID-19 lawsuit settlement, Coronavirus live blog, March 23, 2021: COVID-19 cases ticking back up across Chicago, More Than 1,000 Medically Vulnerable IDOC Inmates to be Released Under Lawsuit Settlement. The Las Vegas woman and her husband, Roger, were nabbed in Illinois with nearly 50 pounds of pot on their way to Pittsburgh in 2012. WebGovernors in at least 11 states have issued executive orders that block new transfers into state prisons, allow early release for some prisoners, or both. Zach LaVine finished with a game-high 41 points, DeMar DeRozan added 21 and Patrick Beverley had a double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Mayor poses question to casino opponents: Do you want your taxes raised? Roger Hertzberg, 76, died of COVID-19 complications Sept. 24 at Robinson Correctional Center. WebThe Illinois Department of Corrections is a multicultural agency deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bedi, though, said there are reports that a significant number of correctional officers are refusing vaccines, which continues to pose a risk to those in congregate settings. Jan. 13, 2022 WASHINGTON Thousands of federal inmates will become eligible for release this week under a rule the Justice Department published on Thursday McDonald questions whether her son received prompt medical attention. The settlement arises out of the lawsuit filed last April on behalf of medically vulnerable and elderly prisoners, by a group of public interest lawyers, including attorneys from Equip for Equality, Loevy & Loevy law firm, the Uptown People's Law Center, and the Illinois Prison Project. A representative of the Illinois Department of Corrections did not respond to a request for comment about the settlement. At a Georgia state House of Representatives hearing on prison conditions in September, a corrections officer called in to testify, interrupting his shift to tell lawmakers how dire conditions had become. March 23, 2021. The bill passed 34 to 17 and now heads to the governors desk. Gov. Chicago Tribunes Christy Gutowski contributed. The surge has continued, leading to sickness and death that advocates say was avoidable. The board also makes recommendations for clemency petitions to the Governor. Between March 2020 and March 2021, 2,472 inmates have left IDOC custodywith an earned discretionary sentencing credit, according to spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. Department of Corrections officials have the option of offering eligible prisoners medical furloughs, electronic home detention and early release. The Illinois Department of Corrections will identify medically vulnerable and elderly prisoners eligible for early release or electronic home monitoring. The full press release and letter to Governor Pritzker areavailable here! He said he continues to bathe using the sink in his cell rather than risk infection by sharing a shower room with others. A day later, Gray died of complications related to COVID-19. At a recent state Senate committee hearing, acting IDOC Director Rob Jeffreys acknowledged the high numbers, which he blamed in part on increased testing and said mirrors state and national trends. Additionally, the Corrections Department will give credit for good behavior to prisoners within nine months of their release date. Eddie Caumiant, regional director of the union that includes state corrections employees, said the pandemic has exacerbated staffing shortages and some staff work multiple 16-hour double shifts a week., Linda Savage, 64, a nurse at Vienna Correctional Center in downstate Vienna, died Nov. 6, 2020, of complications related to COVID-19. People In Jails, Prisons Will Be Vaccinated In Next Phase, State Confirms After Advocates Push, Jail, Prison Populations Must be Among First to Get COVID-19 Vaccine: Advocacy Groups, COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging again in Illinois prisons, as inmates and advocates call for more action, Prioritizing Vaccines for Prisoners is Good Public Policy, Illinois to expand testing of prison workers as inmate deaths, infections surge, Forgotten: Stateville inmates warn of rising COVID-19 outbreak behind bars, Lawsuit: Illinois Prisons Are Failing To Protect Inmates From COVID-19, Lawsuit: Pritzker, IDOC Failed to Protect Vulnerable Inmates from COVID-19. To see charts broken down by prison, click here. CHICAGO Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation today that creates a path for the compassionate release of medically incapacitated individuals by the Prison Review Board (PRB). More than 4,000 jail detainees have entered state prisons since then. A 13th Stateville inmate died in August. "(The prisoners) have provided no convincing reason for a federal court to intrude here and now -- either to issue a blanket order for the release of thousands of inmates or to superimpose a court-mandated and court-superintended process on the mechanisms currently in place to determine which IDOC inmates can and should be safely removed from prison facilities at this time," the judge wrote in his 48-page opinion. Officials also said they are doing more to hold staff accountable if they go unmasked at work. Jeffreys said Friday that with the anticipated vaccinations and mitigation strategies, he hopes to put a stop to this virus inside our facilities by late January. Read more here! This can include circumstances where an individual may be non-ambulatory due to a spinal injury. The department says another source of infection is detainees being moved from county jails to prisons. Earlier this month, the state began regularly testing all prison employees whether or not they have symptoms. As a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic spread rapidly through Illinois prisons this fall, 73-year-old Watson Gray made another plea to be released from Dixon Correctional Center, where new infections were rising. The releases are set to resume soon. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune). I could hear it in his voice, that he was close, said Susan Hertzberg, as quoted in a petition her lawyer filed with the state seeking early release. To donate to our work fighting the spread of coronavirus in Illinois' prisons, click here. ESSENTIALLY, ONLY INFORMATION ON PRISONERS RELEASED IN THE 1970'S IS AVAILABLE IN ANY DETAIL. There were physicians that would tell us that a particular incarcerated individual was going to pass very soon and then, two, three years later the person is still living, said the Murphysboro Republican. Matthew Echevarria's photos are displayed at his mother's home in East Dundee on Dec. 4, 2020. This commitment is at the forefront of our operations, hiring, policies and procedures, and training. He said, Ill be with you. . It took a prisoners death just for them to pass out a single extra bar of soap, one incarcerated man said. Built in the early 1920s and dubbed the roundhouse, the unit was used to quarantine infected inmates. Some politicians question states priorities. Click the videos below to hear messages from Dr. John Raba and Dr. Pablo Stewart, two of ourindependent court monitors in Lippert v. Baldwin, about COVID-19 vaccines. Their complaints echo a survey conducted in April and early May by the John Howard Association, a prison watchdog group. Press Release - Tuesday, February 21, 2023 ChicagoGovernor JB Pritzker today announced he will join the Reproductive Freedom Alliance (RFA), a non-partisan group of state Governors focused on working alongside one another to identify best practices for legislative and executive Watson Gray, 73, died of complications related to COVID-19 on Nov. 6, 2020, at Dixon Correctional Center. FILES FROM 1945 THROUGH 1969 HAVE EITHER BEEN MICROFILMED OR DESTROYED; NONE ARE AWAITING PROCESS. State Sen. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, urged his colleagues on the Senate Executive Committee Wednesday to pass the bill so legislators have vehicles for that potential compromise, but warned that he wouldnt let those negotiations stand in the way of the city getting an elected school board. (The Exoneration Project photo) Gray is one of at In an effort to address the COVID-19 pandemic inside the states prisons, CDCR implemented emergency measures to protect all those who live and work in our state prisons, and the community at-large. J.B. Pritzker is deploying medics from the Illinois National Guard to the Illinois Department of Corrections facility, where advocates have declared a disaster.. Whilst staff at veterans' homes, nursing homes, hospitals and sundry health care facilities balk at getting vaccinated let-me-think-about-it rates for doctors, nurses and other frontline health care workers are as high as 40 percent nationwide the state of Illinois has decided that while doses remain scarce, prisoners and the homeless who reside in shelters or frequent day centers are on par with the elderly (75 or older) and "frontline essential workers" who will be second in line after health care workers. Since then, the total number of infections has risen by more than 9,000 cases, state data shows. Groups that track national virus data for state and federal prisons, such as the COVID Prison Project and The Marshall Project, place Illinois about average on lists comparing infections based on inmate populations, but Illinois has one of the higher death tolls. UPLC is tracking COVID-19 cases in IDOC. RECORDKEEPING PRACTICES DIFFER IN EACH AREA OF ILLINOIS' PAROLE DISTRICTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MAINTAINS TWO COMPUTERIZED RECORD SYSTEMS. Camren Wynter hit a three-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to give Penn State a 68-65 victory against Northwestern. The legislation was named after Joe Coleman, a father, decorated veteran, and active member in his community who had terminal cancer. Mason was freed from Pontiac Correctional Center on Nov. 25 by Gov. "Governor Pritzker's signature on legislation authored by Senator Connor and Representative Guzzardi demonstrates compassion for those with greatest medical need and lowest risk of reoffense. J.B. Pritzker in late June after serving 31 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, is an artist whose work focuses on his experience as an African American. About 1,000 Illinois prison inmates nearing the end of their sentences could soon be released under a settlement announced Tuesday in a federal lawsuit filed as the COVID-19 pandemic was creating a health crisis in state lockups. The rate of deaths slowed tremendously after IDOC started universal testing and voluntary vaccinations of staff and inmates. Sadly, rather than engaging with the governor, AFSCME, the guards' union, immediately announced that it was opposed to any requirement that staff be vaccinated. WebMarch 2022 Illinois provides compassionate release to eligible incarcerated individuals with a medical professional who has treated or diagnosed the person; or (5) a prison official.8. An Illinois federal judge on Friday refused to order the temporary release of nearly a third of the states prison population in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, saying the inmates arent entitled to such extraordinary relief even in these extraordinary times., A federal judge on Friday denied a request for the state to immediately release potentially thousands of at-risk detainees from Illinois prisons, saying that while the coronavirus pandemic is clearly a serious threat there was no convincing reason for a federal court to intrude here and now.". It was tough., Down to Business: Helping children learn to communicate empowers whole family, speech-language pathologist says, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. (Youngrae Kim / Chicago Tribune). Bronis said he recovered but continues to have headaches and breathing difficulties. All three cases demand the swift release of those prisoners most vulnerable to the epidemic before they fall victim to it. Chaney, who was granted a sentence commutation by Gov. Inmates with at least nine months of their sentence remaining who are considered low-risk will receive 60 days of good behavior credit, while those considered medium-risk will be awarded 30 days credit. Her husband, Terry, said she said was a gifted nurse with a tender heart. She loved camping, travel, flea markets and yard sales. Andrew Sullender reported from Springfield, Rachel Hinton from Chicago. IDOC officials in early December began rolling out the testing program in which each worker is tested at least once a month, with the frequency based on the positivity rate of the prisons county. Hertzberg has 13 months left on her sentence for marijuana trafficking. Gray is one of at least 60 incarcerated people who have died since March after becoming infected with the new coronavirus in Illinois custody a death toll that has doubled since November, state data through Dec. 22 shows. There is no question that COVID was going to make it into the prisons. Fatalities have been reported in nearly 20 IDOC facilities, with Dixon one of the latest hot spots. Over four months, only one inmate died of COVID-19 systemwide. Once you enshrine this at the constitutional level, any change is going to be very difficult to reverse, Mazzochi said. Bronis' son, Matthew Echevarria, is incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center. That is the highest figure ever. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. The application of credits is expected to begin within the next 30 days, the court document states. In cases of medical incapacity, individuals may not be terminally ill, but in a state that renders them no longer a threat to the community. Through public records and interviews, the Tribune identified the first 50 inmates who died in the pandemic. WebThe Illinois Department of Corrections is a multicultural agency deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion. The effort includes a proposed class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court, naming Gov. Worldwide there are 11m behind bars, according to Penal Reform International, a pressure group. House Bill 3665, also known as the Joe Coleman Medical Release Act, reflects the administration's commitment to bringing about true, meaningful reform in the justice system. He tested positive for COVID-19 around Labor Day. Legislators designed the Others are still hoping to be released. Angelo Ciaravino and Richard Zoller both have a way of getting their Mount Carmel teammates and the crowd fired up. About 1,000 Illinois prison inmates nearing the end of their sentences could soon be released under a settlement announced Tuesday in a federal lawsuit filed as the As of Monday night, 57 prisoners and 90 staff members were infected with the virus. They ranged in age from 35 to 80, with a median age of 62. "What we've accomplished is really working with the state to make sure that they're doing everything they can to utilize the avenues available to them, where it's safe and appropriate to do so, to be releasing folks or to transferring them over to home detention, particularly those who are getting out soon anyway," Antholt, who works for Equip for Equality, said in a phone interview Tuesday. Amanda Antholt, one of the attorneys representing the prisoners, said the settlement will likely affect up to 1,200 inmates across Illinois prisons. The law took effect January 1, 2022. Officials also did not respond to a request for comment on the case. So Why Have Only 27% Of Workers Taken The Vaccine? As the new COVID-19 surge continues racing through Illinois prisons, with a disturbing rise in inmate deaths in November plus the states first staff fatality, corrections officials said they will start to test all prison employees for the virus regardless of whether the workers have symptoms. THE MICROFILM UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING MICROFILM RECORDS OF ALL MASTER FILES AND PRISONER REVIEW BOARD DECISIONS. His cellmate filed a written grievance seeking an investigation into the staffs handling of the matter. WebThe First Step Act made important changes to how federal compassionate release works. The settlement reached March 23, 2021 will result in the immediate release of more than 1,000 people from IDOC facilities. Under control in Illinois will be among those vaccinated against coronavirus during the next 30 days, unit. 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