Another HAZ-MAT situation occurred yesterday (Wednesday) at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center where 5 people went sent to the hospital. According to reports out of Williamson County, a haz-mat team responded to the scene due to an “unknown substance”. The facility was placed on lockdown and no visitors allowed according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Over 20 employees of the Menard Correctional Center in Chester have been hospitalized over the past several weeks due to a similar incident recently and prison documentation confirms one female staff member was found unconscious, and nine were hospitalized in the past 3 days.
Media reports from Williamson County say the Illinois National Guard was called Tuesday along with the Illinois State Police to assist at the Menard Correctional Center following reports of more exposures to an “unknown substance.”
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