Afternoon Briefing: Logan women’s prison would be moved under proposal

Good afternoon, Chicago.

Logan women’s prison would be moved onto the same site as the men’s maximum security Stateville Correctional Center as part of a plan to rebuild both facilities, according to a proposal the Illinois Department of Corrections has submitted to a state commission.

The recommendations from IDOC come a little more than a month after Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a plan to rebuild Stateville and Logan prisons.  The governor said the project would cost close to $1 billion, while offering few other details.