US EditionLawmakers Grill Department of Corrections After Audit Shows Dozens of Failures
Auditors said 80% of reviewed employees recorded overtime on days they also took paid leave.
- On Tuesday, the Legislative Audit Commission demanded answers from Corrections Director LaToya Hughes regarding 40 shortcomings at the agency, making it one of the state's worst-run departments.
- Auditors revealed the department violated purchasing rules and allowed employees to earn overtime while on paid leave; Hughes blamed the practice on union contracts and manual timekeeping processes.
- Data released Tuesday shows total drug discoveries increased from 392 to 414 after the mail-digitization rule change, undermining the department's safety goals.
- Commission co-chair Sen. Chapin Rose declared, "There is literally nothing that you guys can say that I would believe," and the commission refused to accept the audit findings.
- The department must return for further testimony on persistent failures, including inability to track paroled sex offenders, issues auditors found have continued since 2014.
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Illinois lawmakers grill Department of Corrections after audit shows dozens of failures
Illinois lawmakers are fed up with the state Department of Corrections after another audit found it has ignored state spending rules and failed to fix many mistakes that have languished for years.
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Lawmakers grill Department of Corrections after audit shows dozens of failures
From Capitol News Illinois: Illinois lawmakers say the Illinois Department of Corrections must fix a slew of errors that were revealed in a recent audit. Eighty percent of the employees reviewed by auditors recorded overtime on the same days they also received paid leave
Lawmakers Grill Illinois Department of Corrections After Audit Shows Dozens of Failures
Illinois lawmakers are fed up with the state Department of Corrections after another audit found it has ignored state spending rules and failed to fix many mistakes that have languished for years.
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Findings: Department violated state’s purchasing process, allows overtime pay for employees on leave Illinois lawmakers are fed up with the state Department of Corrections after another audit found it has ignored state spending rules and failed to fix many mistakes that have languished for years. The Legislative Audit Commission, a bipartisan commission of state lawmakers that reviews audits of state agencies, demanded answers from Corrections D…
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