The Illinois Department of Corrections says 195 inmates in its custody have the coronavirus. And about a quarter of them are at Sheridan Correctional Center. IDOC’s information about the cases says 54 Sheridan inmates currently have the virus.
Many more have had the virus there and recovered from it. The department says there’ve been 401 recoveries. Seven Sheridan employees are known to have the virus currently.
There is a degree of separation at the prison to minimize spreading the virus, and visits with inmates are limited to video conferences and telephone calls.