Category: IL in Fiscal Ruins
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IL Dept of Corrections is all-in on “0ffender 360”
The Illinois Department of Corrections is taking a huge gamble by relying on Microsoft’s new software product “Offender 360” for management of the entire state prison apparatus. Offender 360 is an entirely new software venture into the corrections industry for Microsoft, which is trying to expand from its private consumer/business market share into all aspects…
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IDOC and Meritorious Good Time: No April 2011 Fool’s Joke
May 31, 2012, State Legislature passes new law paving way for Early Release programs! Read latest at http://richardwanke.com We are more than halfway through the 2011, Illinois legislative session, and literally, almost nothing has been accomplished in Springfield except posturing. The early session momentum once present to make joint decisions on the IL budget crisis…
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IDOC “Offender 360”
The Hard Sell The nation’s 2 million inmates and their keepers are the ultimate captive market: a $37 billion economy bulging with business opportunity. Selling to State Corrections is big business now, as the 2007 article above illustrates. The State of Illinois, Department of Corrections (IDOC) is modernizing it’s antiquated database computer systems which are…
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Mess after Mess at IL Workman’s Comp Commission
The scandal involving the IL Workman’s Compensation Commission (ILWCC) has continued to broaden out since early January 2011, when it was discovered by the Belleville News-Democrat that hundreds of prison guards at Menard’s Correctional Center (including the Warden) received substantial injury compensation awards for “carpal tunnel” and other repetitive injuries they claimed during the past…
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IDOC in February 2011
February 2011 shows no change at the IL Department of Corrections (IDOC). Prisons in the state of IL remain completely saturated and overcrowded with inmates. Tempers are short, rehabilitative programs are being cut back and participation in even court mandated programs is no longer an option for many inmates because space is not available for…
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More Behind IL Prison Workman’s Comp Scandal!
Now it looks like prison guards were not the only ones who got money easily! Click article below to read: Arbitrator who approved workers’ comp settlements for Menard guards also got one; governor orders investigation “The arbitrator who approved many of the workers’ compensation settlements that awarded millions of taxpayer dollars to guards at the…
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Quinn and deals
Quinn, former state rep. say job not traded for tax-hike vote “During her final days in office, former state Rep. Careen Gordon scored a lucrative state job after casting an important vote that helped pass Gov. Quinn’s controversial 67 percent income tax increase. Gordon (D-Morris) and a spokeswoman for the governor said there wasn’t any…
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States being pressured to disclose actual debt
Governor Quinn and the State legislature just got the tax hike they needed to mollify Wall Street for all of two seconds. Now attention is focusing on the accounting practices of states and the calculations they use to determine their debt. Pressure for true accounting practices from monitoring agents such as Moody’s and full disclosure…
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End of January & No Movement at IDOC
The end of January 2011 is upon us and nothing has materialized to support the hopes of those inmates told by IDOC Staff to expect the quick reinstatement of MGT. The IL General Assembly does not return to session until February, but there has been no indication yet that it intends to take any action…
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Illinois death penalty decision leaves uncertainty – chicagotribune.com
CHICAGO — Ten years after Illinois halted executions, the uncertainty over Gov. Pat Quinn’s pending decision on whether to end capital punishment for good raises a number of questions about the state’s current death penalty cases and the 15 men on death row. A bill recently passed by the state House and Senate would abolish…