Youth center opposes closure threat, layoffs
MURPHYSBORO, IL (KFVS) - Frontline employees of the Illinois Youth Center-Murphysboro and their union, AFSCME Local 2335, will be rallying on Friday, September 15 to try to save the juvenile correctional facility from closure and job cuts threatened by Governor Pat Quinn.
Workers will take their message to the public with an informational picket at 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 13 and Highway 127.
The group says IYC-Murphysboro can accommodate 108 juvenile offenders.





















