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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Correctional officers perform a vital function |
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| for the State of Illinois by risking their health and safety to |
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| maintain order and security within correctional facilities |
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| where offenders have been removed from the public; and
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| WHEREAS, The inherent conditions of correctional |
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| facilities can cause great stress and fatigue for officers and |
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| their families; and
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| WHEREAS, Stress and fatigue can be a particular problem |
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| when too few correctional officers are employed to maintain |
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| order and security within correctional facilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Four percent cuts to the budget of the Department |
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| of Corrections are necessary to create a balanced State budget |
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| for Fiscal Year 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, The Department of Corrections has made strides to |
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| increase the number of front line security at its facilities, |
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| as it employed 9,393 security staff at the end of Fiscal Year |
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| 2003 but 9,661 at the end of Fiscal Year 2004; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| urge the Governor and the Director of Corrections to take all |
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| actions necessary to keep Fiscal Year 2005 operations on budget |
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| without decreasing front line security staff who must interact |
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| with inmates and maintain security and order within Illinois |
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| correctional facilities; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge the Department of Corrections to |
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| explore all options available that will allow it to increase in |
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| future fiscal years, just as in Fiscal Year 2004, the number of |
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| front line correctional officers at Illinois correctional |