John Howard Association of Illinois

Summary: A prison for the ill, a nursing home for the future?

On June 22, 2010, a group of John Howard Association staff and volunteers conducted a monitoring tour of Dixon Correctional Center, a medium security prison.

Dixon is a specialized prison. Its inmates include men with physical disabilities, chronic medical problems, developmental disabilities, and mental illness. The prison has a special unit for maximum security inmates suffering from severe psychiatric problems. Dixon also houses general population inmates.
This report focuses mainly on Dixon inmates with disabilities, both mental and physical, and geriatric inmates in particular.

Read the full report here (PDF).