Pontiac, IL. (ECWd) - Another Corrections Officer at the Illinois Department of Corrections, Pontiac Correctional Center was arrested. We previously reported on the five Pontiac officers arrested and charged with felonies in McLean County (here). Pontiac Police Corporal Alan Doran arrested Andrew Krominga, a 5+ year D.O.C. employee...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - This is an update to our earlier article on the five Illinois Department of Corrections Officer who ended up being arrested mid-February. All five officers were charged with Felonies of varying degree, with Bonds between $20,000 and $50,000. All five have bonded out...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - Update: Mugshots in follow-up article (here) Five Illinois Department of Corrections officers (Pontiac State Correctional Institution) found themselves locked up on the wrong side of the bars in McLean County after a wild night out-on-the-town. BLNNEWS (Diane Benjamin) was tipped about five Illinois Department...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Opinion issued on December 19, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court determined that settlement agreements between Wexford and the estate of an inmate who died from cancer is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The Sup. Ct. held that records...
COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - The State of Illinois Prisoner Review Board ("PRB") is a state agency whose members are appointed by the Governor of Illinois. According to its website (here) the PRB is a quasi-judicial body and is tasked with making recommendations for parole and clemency...
EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - According to 979 XFM, Effingham Mayor Jeff Bloemker has resigned his position with the Illinois Department of Corrections. He was appointed to the position of CEO of Illinois Correctional Industries by Gov. Rauner. XFM says Bloemker provided a written statement saying in part...
Posted by WICS (click here) - The trucks used to deliver food to state prisons have been stripped of their state seals and repossessed from the state. Thursday morning, Larson Group hauled back the five Peterbilt trucks they leased out to the Department of Corrections. Because of the...
