Union pushes for worker protection at Thomson Prison

Brian Weckerly

May 14, 2024 at 10:03 PM

Union pushes for worker protection at Thomson Prison

Thomson Federal Prison remains on lockdown more than three weeks after the facility reported guns and cell phones getting inside the prison.

Union leaders continue to lobby for changes that protect for workers who are sexually assaulted and harassed by inmates. A state law in Illinois prompted an inmate to plead guilty to exposing himself to a woman who’s a corrections officer. Inmate Fred Smith was sentenced to an additional 364 days in prison, the most allowed under the Illinois law.

Union leaders want a similar federal law passed that has tougher sentencing guidelines.

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