Stateville inmates with violent records wound up in medium-security prisons, data shows
When Illinois shuttered the century-old maximum security facility last year, nearly four of every five inmates went to less-secure sites.
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Data shows inmates with violent records from Stateville Correctional Center sent to medium-security sites
Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...