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More than 50 people have been transferred from the Lake County jail to the McHenry County jail due to ongoing staff shortages at the Waukegan facility. Correctional staff shortages are occurring throughout the country and even internationally, according to Jennifer Vollen-Katz, executive director of the John Howard Association, an independent correctional oversight organization. “This is a .