 Quinn
was scheduled to announce the new chief at a press conference
in Springfield. He hadn't said why he's making the appointment.The corrections department has been run by former Macon County
Sheriff Roger E. Walker Jr. since 2003. Walker was appointed by
ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but Quinn has kept other holdovers from
the former administration in place.
The governor has called for an examination of procedures at the
Tamms Correctional Center. Some question the long hours inmates
spend in solitary confinement at the Alexander County prison.
[Associated Press]
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