IL law calls for annual report on prison hospice, palliative care
08/20/25 at 03:00 AM
IL law calls for annual report on prison hospice, palliative care
WAND News, Springfield, IL; by Mike Miletich; 8/15/25
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday to require the Illinois Department of Corrections report data on hospice care available for prisoners. More than 1,000 Illinois prisoners are 65 or older, and a growing number of those people are in need of end-of-life care and support services. The Department of Corrections does not have a formal hospice program, as end-of-life care is provided on a prison by prison basis.