⟳ Репост от Birder K

"Corrections officers told firefighters that the fire was out and that they needed help to clear out the smoke. ... [I]t wasn't until later, as the firefighters set up fans and officers meandered nearby, that prison employees mentioned that someone was still locked inside the burnt cell."

Prison Journalism Project

Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths. Story via @themarshallproject.org.