CHESTER, Ill. — Hundreds of Menard Correctional Center employees and their supporters staged a rally alongside a busy street in Chester on Monday, highlighting what they described as perilous working ...

The Menard Correctional Center is shown on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 in Chester, Ill. Two guards and a chaplain were injured Tuesday in an attack by a large group of inmates at Menard Correctional Center ...

CHESTER, Ill. (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Corrections responded to a picket at the Menard Correctional Center. In a statement released by a DOC spokeswoman on Tuesday, July 9, they said: “The ...

CHESTER -- The Menard Correctional Center in Chester is reporting an increase in coronavirus cases in guards and inmates. 37 guards and 40 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 according to the ...

Jul. 10—CHESTER — Hundreds of Menard Correctional Center employees and their supporters staged a rally alongside a busy street in Chester on Monday, July 8, 2024, highlighting what they described as ...

CHESTER — On all accounts, everyone on the picket line at Menard Correctional Center on Monday agreed that “Safety Matters.” Menard employees, represented by the American Federation of State, County ...

As of Tuesday, the state is reporting a total of 25 active cases among employees and 60 among inmates. Another 25 employees and two inmates have recovered from COVID-19, according to the Illinois ...

Advocates from Tamms Year Ten rally in Chicago against prolonged solitary confinement. Inmates at Illinois' Menard Correctional Center have been on a hunger strike for more than a month to protest ...

(WSIL) -- After recently reaching three union agreements requiring vaccines for certain state workers, Governor JB Pritzker announced the fourth such agreement has been reached with multiple Illinois ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CHESTER, Ill. — Hundreds of Menard Correctional Center employees and their supporters staged a rally alongside a busy street in ...

As of Tuesday, the state is reporting a total of 25 active cases among employees and 60 among inmates. Another 25 employees and two inmates have recovered from COVID-19, according to the Illinois ...