Illinois Department of Corrections investigated for employee overtime abuse
ILLINOIS (WHBF) — The Illinois Department of Corrections is under scrutiny after a state audit found some employees are abusing overtime.
A report from the Illinois Auditor General found some employees used paid time off before working a different shift. Those employees then got paid at their overtime rate. The audit investigated 10 employees from two prisons over two years and found more than 150 violations.
CHICAGO — A former Chicago Public Schools principal who pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars was found dead on the day of her sentencing. Sarah Jackson Abedelal failed to show up for sentencing Tuesday and was found dead later that night. Abedelal was the principal at Brennemann…
CHICAGO (WGN/AP) — Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits said Wednesday. Dozens of complaints, including several filed this week in Chicago, allege decades of systemic abuse of children by the…