Category: Winnebago County Jail
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Cook County Jail Attack Shows why Jails Aren’t Safe During Covid-19
While Covid-19 strikes jails and prisons, there is NO way authorities will be able to maintain sufficient staffing over time. Vulnerabilities and incidents such as this will continue as long as the jail keeps holding on to everyone instead of letting the non-violent out so there is enough staffing to keep violent inmates in order.…
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The effect of Coronavirus upon inmates in the IL Dept. of Corrections and county jails
The Coronavirus will potentially devastate IL prisons; its inmates and those in county jail throughout the state. We are compiling information about the Illinois Department of Correction’s response to the virus and county jails compared to the prisons and jails in other US states as well as the Bureau of Federal Prisons. We are also…
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Winnebago County Juvenile Assessment Center soon to be fully operational
It is past due time for staffing of the office. Obviously, it was of no real use without a deputy on duty. “…Monday, the Rockford City Council OK’d a deal to pay the county $75,000 annually to fund the salary and benefits of a sheriff’s deputy who will be stationed noon to 9 p.m. Monday…
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And You Ask, How has This Happened???”
An AP article was just posted about a defendant in Atlanta, GA who has been sitting in jail and waiting to go to trial for the past 10 years: “Kharon Davis has spent nearly 10 years in jail. He’s had four sets of attorneys, with two judges on the bench. His co-defendants’ cases have wrapped up.…
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John Horton of Rockford free after more than 2 decades in prison
ROCKFORD — “It’s breathtaking. Oh my goodness,” a Rockford man said after emerging from the Winnebago County Jail into the sunshine this afternoon after more than 23 years behind bars for a murder he and his supporters maintain he didn’t commit.John Horton Jr., 40, was convicted of the 1993 murder of Arthur Castaneda in Rockford.…
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Prison treats inmates too harshly – Rockford Register Star
Source: Prison treats inmates too harshly – Rockford Register Star
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Why Winnebago County, IL can’t get it’s financial house in order…
Chuck Sweeney, local opinion columnist for the Rockford Register-Star newspaper points out the big hole in the way in which the Winnebago County Board operates which keeps it in the red. The Winnebago County Board sets a budget every year, but it apparently lets certain County Departmental heads walk all over the restraints of that budget…