Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
PEKIN, Ill. Illinois Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, along with 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos, have penned a letter to urge all inmates and staff at Federal Correctional Institute in Pekin be tested for COVID-19.
The letter sent Monday to Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal and Warden Dan Sproul came before active positive cases jumped from 313 on Monday to 353 on Tuesday.
“It just shows you in just one day one day, alone, from the 14th to the 15th the Pekin prison saw an increase of 40 inmate cases of COVID-19 that were reported. I just think it’s a sign that shows how significant this latest outbreak is, and literally how irresponsible the Bureau of Prisons is in refusing to do full testing at the site,” said Bustos.