Governor Bruce Rauner is officially moving forward with plans to close a Department of Corrections work camp in Hardin, and the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.
The director of the state commission on forecasting Dan Long says Rauner's office has turned in paperwork to begin the closure process. Long says the next step requires the administration to turn in information on the consequences of shutting down those facilities, "that has to include information in terms of the number of employees involved, the impact it'll have on closing the facility, what the economic impact would be -- there's a whole series of questions which have to be addressed."
Ultimately, a bipartisan group of legislators will make a recommendation on whether the prison work camp and state museum should close or not. But the final decision remains with the governor.
Rauner, a Republican issued a press release earlier this month saying he plans to also close some youth prisons, but did not specify which.
Long says no paperwork has been filed to begin the closure of any juvenile detention centers.
