The Illinois Department of Corrections is turning over five tractor trailers to a vendor that is cutting ties with the state because of a lack of payment.
A spokesperson for IDOC says because of the quote “failure of the majority party to pass a balanced budget with much needed reforms” the Department will turn over the trucks to the Larson Group.
A representative for the Springfield, Missouri, based trucking company was not available for comment. IDOC says the trucks were used to transport goods for the Illinois Correctional Industries, the organization that employs Illinois inmates to make a variety of products, and that ICI will use current vehicles in their fleet to for weekly food runs.
In an email IDOC says they strongly urge Democrats in the General Assembly to work with the Governor to craft a budget that funds critical services and implements reforms to quote “put Illinois on a path of solvency.”
Speaker Michael Madigan spokesman Steve Brown says the vendor cutting ties with IDOC is another quote “bungle” and budget bills were sent to the governor who chose to veto rather than use his reduction veto authority.
