SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn says closing 14 state facilities - juvenile prisons, adult transition centers and the state's supermax prison -along with 1,100 state employee layoffs will save more than $100 million in this year's proposed budget. Here's a look at those facilities, the number of employees, inmates who will have to be moved and proposed cost savings:
-Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms, 300 employees, 389 inmates, $26.3 million
-Dwight Correctional Center in Dwight, 350 employees, 980 inmates, $36.9 million
-Crossroads Adult Transition Center in Chicago, no state employees, 330 inmates, $6.9 million
-Decatur Adult Transition Center in Decatur, 22 employees, 105 inmates, $2.1 million
-Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in Aurora, 18 employees, 130 inmates, $2.6 million
-Peoria Adult Transition Center, 30 employees, 205 inmates, $4.1 million
-Southern Illinois Adult Transition Center in Carbondale, 17 employees, 65 inmates, $1.3 million
-Westside Adult Transition Center in Chicago, 49 employees, 284 inmates, $3.7 million
-Illinois Youth Center Joliet, 235 employees, 235 juveniles, $19.7 million
-Illinois Youth Center Murphysboro, 91 employees, 59 juveniles, $7.9 million
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Office of Gov. Pat Quinn
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