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Bureaucracy Hindering Corrections Hiring

Measures meant to diminish improper political influence has lead to bureaucratic barriers in hiring at the Illinois Department of Corrections.
That’s a complex problem the John Howard Association of Illinois says needs straightforward solutions.

In a policy paper released Thursday, the prison watchdog group says despite Governor Bruce Rauner’s executive order from earlier this year giving Central Management Services the authority to quote “replace, modify or terminate” the current state hiring practice, staff administrators at the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice reported their hiring procedures remained unchanged.

The report says understaffing of key positions is a serious, longstanding problem and failure to fill vacancies undermines institutional and public safety, prevents inmates from receiving essential services and increases state spending through overtime.

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