“State: Joliet Prison Not An Option For Holding NATO Arrestees” @ CBS Chicago

Posted on May 8, 2012

May 3, 2012: “JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – State officials have shot down Cook County Sheriff’s idea of using the old Joliet Correctional Center, or its annex across the street, to hold people who might be arrested during the upcoming NATO summit.

An Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson told WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya on Thursday that the prison is “absolutely not an option.”

Dart has been looking at options for where to house detainees arrested during the summit on May 20 and 21, given that Cook County Jail is already near capacity……………………………………”

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