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Quinn would shutter 2 prisons, 12 other facilities

February 22, 2012

Gov. Pat Quinn prepared Tuesday to deliver an Illinois budget proposal stuffed with grim news including closing two prisons and 12 other state facilities, slashing Medicaid by $2.7 billion and cutting spending at most state agencies. The facilities Quinn wants to close include the supermax prison at Tamms and a maximum-security prison for women at Dwight.

Source: http://dailyherald.com/article/20120221/news/702219788/
 
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