“On Wednesday, State Representative Adam Niemerg sent a letter to Governor JB Pritzker. In it, he asks Pritzker to address these safety concerns to better protect Correctional Officers and inmates.
Niemerg outlines several incidents where employees or inmates have been exposed to drugs. He says the drugs are getting into the prisons through laced paper mail being sent to inmates.
Niemerg is asking the state to buy copy machines.”
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