The warden at the Vienna (vigh-ENN’-uh) Correctional Center says most of the problems of dirty conditions at the prison have been fixed.
Reporters got a chance to tour the facility Friday… after months of resistance from the Quinn administration, which had claimed media tours posed a security hazard.
The Southern Illinois prison had been singled out by critics for particularly unsanitary and overcrowded conditions. Although reporters were allowed to tour the prison, no cameras were permitted.