Delay in taking prisoners costing local taxpayers
July 12, 2021
State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) is raising concerns on behalf of sheriffs across the state who continue to have issues transferring convicted criminals out of county jails and into state prisons. “When the pandemic first struck, Governor Pritzker, unilaterally, decided to halt the transfer of inmates from county jails to state-run facilities,” said Sen. Syverson. “That Executive Order never made