From the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office: Corrections Officer Applications Now Available: Testing is May 27th. Check out our website for more information The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is currently taking applications for the position of Correctional Officer. Physical fitness tests … Continue reading
Category Archives: McHenry County Jail
A press release from the American Correctional Association: McHenry County Adult Correctional Facility Awarded National Accreditation Elias Diggins, Chairperson of the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections (CAC), and Bridget Bayliss-Curren, Director of Standards and Accreditation, American Correctional Association recently announced the accreditation of the … Continue reading
Look at the following headline from an article published yesterday by Rasmussen Reports in the context of Jack Franks making false promise to cut property tax bills 10%. The article’s first paragraph is below: An overwhelming majority of voters continues … Continue reading
At the McHenry County Board meeting, Sheriff Bill Prim revealed that his office is “well on the way to hitting and exceeding our benchmarks” for the rental of jail space to outside agencies, primarily the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency … Continue reading
The minutes of the January 13, 2016, McHenry County Public Health Committee dipped into the mental health problems of those ending up in the County Jail. The statistics for last year show there were 6,200 individuals detained in our jail … Continue reading
This weekend I pointed out that the McHenry County Board has a shift of property taxes from business to homeowners in the 2016 Action Plan to be voted on Tuesday. In addition, important questions about the future of the County … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office: MCSO Taking Applications for Correctional Officers The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is currently taking applications for the position of Correctional Officer. Testing will take place on Saturday, January 9, 2016. Applications … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Road Crew Provides Volunteer Time to Government Agencies During the 2015 McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Facility Road Crew season, a total of 4,374 hours of volunteer work was provided to the … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board’s Law and Justice Committee has a contract for Correctional Officers before it next Tuesday before the County Board meeting at 9. The cost implications can be seen below: On October 8th the Human Resources Committee will … Continue reading
After cutting jail expenses since he took office in December, McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim asked County Board approval to continue housing ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and U.S. Marshal detainees and prisoners for another six months. Wonder Lake’s John … Continue reading
At nine months on the job, Sheriff Bill Prim is asking McHenry County Board permission for a six months longer to decide on whether to keep housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees in the McHenry County Jail. He gained … Continue reading
8-28-15 Franks’ Tax Hike Proposal 8-28-15 Walsh Endorses McConchie 8-28-15 Judicial Applicants 8-29-15 Reader Urges Tax Revolt 8-29-15 Lots of Comments on Township Government 8-29-15 Cemetery District Study 8-30-15 Prim Asks for Jail Rental Extension 8-30-15 McConchie Rally at Walsh … Continue reading
On the agenda of the McHenry County Board’s Law and Justice Committee on Monday is a resolution to allow McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim to continue renting beds to other governmental agencies including the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs … Continue reading
Former Sheriff Keith Nygren had an off-the-County Treasurer’s books checking account called the “Inmate Profit Fund.” Deposits came from what McHenry County Jail inmates paid for things at the commissary and other similar sources. The de-centralized checking account was not … Continue reading
This was sent to those on the McHenry County Board’s email list: Greetings From the Chairman I recently attended the National Associations of Counties Annual Conference and Exposition. A major theme this year was the need for counties to reduce … Continue reading
Commenter Steve Willson read McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim’s comments to the Northwest Herald and penned the following advice: I appreciate Sheriff Prim’s honesty in saying he doesn’t have an answer yet. Figuring out the answer, though, is straightforward. It … Continue reading
When I saw the Northwest Herald had done a story on the possibility that the County might not renew its contract with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement people, I asked the Sheriff’s Department for the statement which was provided the … Continue reading
There was a very, very long McHenry County Board Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday. I went to encourage its members to encourage Governor Pat Quinn to veto the Pam Althoff-Karen McConnaughay-Mike Tryon bill to allow the McHenry County Conservation District … Continue reading
When I read the Chicago Tribune story about an immigrant taken from O’Hare Airport to the Kenosha County Jail and placed in a negative airflow cell, I wondered if McHenry County had a similar capacity. While the CDC states that … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that a Liberia woman taken by Federal officials to the Kenosha County Jail has been returned to Federal custody. She was monitored for ebola by Kenosha County officials. “…jail guards were understandably nervous, [Sheriff David] … Continue reading