Published 1 year ago

Inmates, staff at downstate Illinois prison treated for exposure to unknown substance

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18 staff members at John A. Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro required treatment. An undisclosed number of inmates received treatment in the health care unit of the prison. Illinois State Police hazardous materials team is investigating. All staff are stable and many have already been discharged, a state Department of Corrections spokesperson says.

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BBC News

Mystery toxic substance sickens Illinois prison staff and inmates

Prison staff and inmates fell ill after employees helped an inmate in medical distress, officials say.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

'Unknown substance' sickens Illinois prison staff, inmates

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Several employees of a central Illinois prison were treated at hospitals Wednesday after they became sickened while responding to one or more inmates suffering severe discomfort, according to a prison spokesperson and a prison employees' union representative.

1 year ago·United States

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Washington Times

Illinois prison guards and inmates sick from undetermined substance

An undetermined foreign substance sickened inmates, then staff, at the Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro, Illinois, Wednesday. Eighteen prison employees were hospitalized.

1 year ago·United States

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KIFI

'Unknown substance' sickens Illinois prison staff, inmates

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Prison and union officials say 18 employees of a central Illinois prison have been treated at hospitals after they became sickened while responding to inmates suffering severe discomfort. Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson Naomi Puzzello says staff were exposed to an unknown substance at Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro Wednesday but are “stable” after treatment. P…

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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CBS News

"Unknown substance" sickens multiple staffers, inmates in Illinois prison, officials say

Many were brought to hospitals. Some guards and other staff members who responded to inmates suffering severe discomfort became violently ill, a union rep says.

1 year ago

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