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McLean County sheriff warns of jail backlog as DHS beds remain unavailable
Summary
Sheriff Lane told the McLean County Justice Committee the county is holding multiple people who need behavioral health and Department of Corrections placements because DHS and IDOC bed capacity is unavailable, and staff are attempting interim care while awaiting placements.
Sheriff Lane told the McLean County Justice Committee that McLean County is holding multiple people in the jail who are awaiting behavioral-health placements and transfers to the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) because receiving agencies lack available beds.
At the committee meeting, Sheriff Lane said, “we... have 4 not guilty barriers of insanity, 9, and soon to be 10, on the unfit to stand…
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