{"id":40049,"date":"2026-06-09T07:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=40049"},"modified":"2026-06-09T07:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:12:10","slug":"illinois-seeks-two-crest-hill-prisons-leaving-lincoln-out-of-logan-correctional-center-rebuild-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/40049-illinois-seeks-two-crest-hill-prisons-leaving-lincoln-out-of-logan-correctional-center-rebuild-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Seeks Two Crest Hill Prisons, Leaving Lincoln out of Logan Correctional Center Rebuild Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State, local Republicans say the plan could harm city of Lincoln, Logan County<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Article Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite local hopes to rebuild Logan Correctional Center in its original Lincoln location, the Illinois Department of Corrections announced it plans to build a women\u2019s facility in Crest Hill, near Joliet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state evaluated Crest Hill and Lincoln to rebuild the Logan and Stateville Correctional Centers, a process that began in 2024 due to the centers\u2019 critical infrastructure needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local and state Republican leaders criticized the plan for potential harm to Lincoln and Logan County after the area has seen economic hardship in recent years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By JENNA SCHWEIKERT <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com\u00a0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Illinois Department of Corrections is officially planning to rebuild both Logan and Stateville correctional centers in Crest Hill, dashing locals\u2019 hopes that the state would rebuild Logan at its current Lincoln location.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Friday, June 5, announcement comes two years after Gov. JB Pritzker and IDOC originally announced the state would rebuild the Logan and Stateville Correctional Centers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early on, it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/lawmakers-pass-on-oversight-vote-for-pritzkers-prison-closure-rebuild-plan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">became apparent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the state would likely rebuild both in Chicago\u2019s far southwest suburb of Crest Hill, where Stateville is already located. Locals protested \u2014 but a construction advising team hired by the state determined the Logan women\u2019s facility should be rebuilt in Crest Hill in tandem with the Stateville men\u2019s facility due to financial and operational needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The announcement drew criticism from local and state Republican leaders who say the choice to move Logan instead of rehabbing the facility could cause further economic harm to the city of Lincoln and Logan County, after the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/we-dont-really-know-what-were-voting-on-top-dem-says-of-pritzkers-prison-plan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">closure of two private colleges in the area<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDOC said it will provide transfer opportunities for Logan employees \u2014 but current employees and union representatives say packing up and moving presents a hardship for families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Site criteria<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision to rebuild Logan and Stateville came after both facilities presented \u201ccritical infrastructure needs,\u201d according to the administration. Stateville was built in 1925 and Logan includes buildings dating back to the 1930s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The firm hired by the state to manage and advise the construction process examined the potential locations in Lincoln and Crest Hill. It also conducted a needs assessment for the soon-to-be-built facilities and visited other correctional facilities across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cExamination of the current Logan Correctional Center site and alternative sites in Lincoln demonstrated that these options did not exhibit the physical space or site conditions required to accommodate the new women\u2019s facility within the established acreage, security, and operational parameters,\u201d IDOC said in a Friday statement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building both facilities in Crest Hill also allows for shorter project duration and shared infrastructure such as a central utility plant, warehouse, entry drive and parking lot, healthcare and educational and re-entry resources, which will minimize costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Months after the state\u2019s original announcement to rehab the facilities, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/we-dont-really-know-what-were-voting-on-top-dem-says-of-pritzkers-prison-plan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logan County residents filled a series of hearings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to protest the state\u2019s apparent plan to build both facilities in Crest Hill. And shortly after IDOC\u2019s announcement Friday, state Sen. Sally Turner, R-Beason, and Rep. Bill Hauter, R-Morton, released a joint statement with Logan County Board Chair James Glenn and Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch criticizing the decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIllinois should be investing in much needed repairs and upgrades to Logan, so that it can best serve its role to rehabilitate people to become productive members of society,\u201d the statement said. \u201cMoving the facility will do nothing to improve outcomes for those who are incarcerated there, it will absolutely devastate our local communities, and it will force staff to choose between uprooting their families from their homes or going on unemployment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDOC said it plans to keep Logan open as long as possible to avoid disruption and is evaluating future use of the property. It\u2019s unclear when construction will begin as the state begins soliciting design proposals, although IDOC estimates it will take five years to complete construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>New facilities<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDOC is working with the Illinois Capital Development Board to construct the two multi-level security facilities, which will include \u201crehabilitative and gender-responsive spaces with housing, education, programming, medical and mental health, dietary, and recreational areas to support the successful re-entry of individuals into their communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The women\u2019s facility will have a capacity of 800, and the men\u2019s facility will have a capacity of 1,500, with infrastructure in the men\u2019s facility to allow for up to 450 additional beds.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later this summer, the Capital Development Board plans to open proposals for the design and construction of these facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which ends June 30, included $900 million in new funds to build a new men\u2019s facility and a new women\u2019s facility. Both Logan and Crest Hill received over $1 million for capital improvements in the 2027 budget beginning July 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State, local Republicans say the plan could harm city of Lincoln, Logan County Article Summary Despite local hopes to rebuild Logan Correctional Center in its original Lincoln location, the Illinois [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illinois Seeks Two Crest Hill Prisons, Leaving Lincoln out of Logan Correctional Center Rebuild Plan - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/40049-illinois-seeks-two-crest-hill-prisons-leaving-lincoln-out-of-logan-correctional-center-rebuild-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illinois Seeks Two Crest Hill Prisons, Leaving Lincoln out of Logan Correctional Center Rebuild Plan - 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