PONTIAC — Steps to improve mental health care in Illinois prisons may be happening too fast and putting correctional officers at risk, according to Pontiac Correctional Center workers who are angry about a recent incident that sent six officers to…
Guards: Training Lacking To Deal With Mentally Ill Inmates
Edith Brady-Lunny eblunny@pantagraph.com, The Pantagraph
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 4:30am
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