Union: Prison-inmate assaults on Illinois jail guards up 51 percent
(World News USA)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The union representing corrections officers says inmate attacks on state employees have increased 51 percent since 2015.Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 said Thursday that assaults increased from 541 in the 2015 calendar year to a projected 819.AFSCME says the Illinois Department of Corrections is reclassifying violent inmates to lower security levels to save money. Those inmates are ......