tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post7535264301287481161..comments2023-10-31T02:08:20.043-07:00Comments on CJS395 Spring 2012: Join the Fight Save Dwight Prison!Michael Gizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691728024188312906noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-8540855847496751322012-04-21T15:55:28.333-07:002012-04-21T15:55:28.333-07:00I would have to agree with everyone else closing t...I would have to agree with everyone else closing the Dwight facility is crazy. I understand budget cuts but they need to look else where for cuts. It doesn't make any sense to close the one female prison in the state.jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960911390061395737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-38872630784102469602012-04-07T20:09:55.999-07:002012-04-07T20:09:55.999-07:00I was in Dwight a couple of weeks ago and saw all ...I was in Dwight a couple of weeks ago and saw all the signs. I connected this to what happened at Pontiac a couple of years ago. The closing of the womens facility at Dwight would be detrimental to that small town. The way the DOC is run in Illinois doesnt make any sense.Ethan Boldthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10625602678164685888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-54958137671313077902012-04-07T17:11:49.614-07:002012-04-07T17:11:49.614-07:00It is hard to understand what Govern Quinn plans t...It is hard to understand what Govern Quinn plans to do with the female inmates if he were to close Dwight Prison. By relocating these inmates to other facilities he is just creating a larger problem. It will still cost the same amount of money to care for the inmates and the issue of overcrowding will eventually become too large of a burden to hide. The conditions at the overcrowded prisons will result in cruel and unusual punishment for the inmates and as a result they will either have to relocate inmates to a new facility or return them to an existing structure.<br /><br />I agree, the debt in which our fine state has accumulated needs to be dealt with, but removing resources from the criminal justice system is not the answer. I have also toured Dwight Prison for my Corrections class and it appeared the treatment programs were effectively assisting many of the inmates. But if the facility is closed and inmates are transferred to other prisons many of the existing treatment programs will be over burden with participants, and as a result, will probably be shut down or become ineffective. I hope the governor will come to his senses and find another way to treat the state's debt and leave the prison system alone.Thomas Myerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681627783916201509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-39186658055704289572012-04-06T18:39:33.019-07:002012-04-06T18:39:33.019-07:00After touring some of the prisons for my correctio...After touring some of the prisons for my corrections class & seeing how different the facilities for male and female prisoners are it seems ridiculous for us to close the only women's prison we have. Especially when we have a prison sitting unused! Plus it sounds like closing the doors will impact the local economy and job market. I know the state needs money but perhaps we should look to other cutbacks before this one.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701520294581443381noreply@blogger.com