National Guard Headed to Stateville Correctional Center
March 31, 2020 2:32PM CDT
WJOL has learned that Illinois National Guard members are being deployed to the Stateville Correctional Center to assist onsite medical teams due to the recent outbreak of Coronavirus inside the facility. The National Guard will be helping with the logistics of prisoner treatment as well as the delivery and handling of supplies. Those whose conditions are serious or deteriorating will still be sent to local hospitals for treatment.