[Peace] county jail and Champaign County Board meetings / yes, they are talking about a new jail

[Karen Medina]

I failed to add the address for the meetings I mentioned in the earlier
email.

Champaign County Board meetings (and many committee meetings) are held at
Brookens Administrative Center / 1776 East Washington Street, Urbana,
Illinois // Follow this link for directions to Brookens:
https://maps.yahoo.com/b/#q1=%2061802%20us&q2

Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Committee of the
Whole<http://www.co.champaign.il.us/countybd/cow2agenda.htm#cow2> -
6:30 PM
Finance, Policy & Justice
Lyle Shields Meeting Room (in Brookens)

Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Facilities Committee<http://www.co.champaign.il.us/Countybd/cfagenda.htm#cf>
Tour of Brookens - 5:45 PM
Regular Meeting - 6:30 PM
John Dimit Meeting Room (in Brookens) / Here is a map helping you get from
the parking lot to the meeting room:
http://www.ccrpc.org/planning/pdfs/t_John%20Dimit%20Conf%20Room%20Location%20Map.pdf



On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Peace People,
>
> Tuesday, April 15, 2014
> 6:30pm
> Champaign County Board: The Jail is back on the agenda. Come to show the
> Board we are still watching.
>  The Sheriff will be making a presentation 6:30-Turn out to hear this!!
> Do they want to try again on the jail?
>
> Wednesday, April 16, 2014
> 6:30pm
> Meeting of the Facilities Committee of the Champaign County Board
> Below is the link to a News-Gazette article is giving Facilities chair
> Stan James center stage for his call to people to come to the County Board
> and speak in favor of building a new jail. No mention of the campaign
> against the jail . The jail builders are getting on track. We will have to
> be ready to counter.  Next board meeting where this will be on the agenda
> is Wednesday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m.
>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2014-04-08/no-clear-plan-downtown-jail.html
>  The article basically asks "Why hasn't the new jail been started?" and
> doesn't ask or answer, "Why haven't programs been started yet?"* and why
> does the Facilities chair think that building cages is a financially
> responsible thing to do?
>
> -karen medina
>
> *programs that keep mentally ill out of jail cells (and, if they get
> there, that they get treatment), programs that keep non-violent offenders
> out of jail while they await trial so they don't loose their jobs and
> damage their families even more. Not to mention programs to prevent crime
> from happening in the first place.
>



-- 
-- karen medina
"The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark
Twain
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