Sangamon County wants to put its legal fight with the state over jail inmate transfers onto the fast track.
In a new legal filing, the county is asking for an expedited schedule for discovery and trial over the state’s ongoing failure to transfer inmates to psychiatric facilities in a timely fashion. A hearing on a temporary restraining order is set for August 1st, but the county wants to then proceed immediately to discovery and depositions, including a request to question Department of Human Service Secretary Grace Hou sometime in August.
Governor JB Pritzker recently extended an executive order suspending the requirement to transfer inmates to psychiatric care within 20 days, and the county says that shows the need for fast court action to resolve the dispute.
