PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) -- Six inmates at Pinckneyville Correctional Center received treatment after a suspected drug exposure over the weekend. This incident is raising alarms about ongoing issues in Illinois prisons.

Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant said this is not an isolated event, noting repeated staff assaults and rising incidents across the state.

Bryant said the Department of Corrections did not inform lawmakers about the latest incident. Instead, a staff member alerted them.

"This came from a staff member... that said... there are exposures every day," Bryant said. "And now it says that the warden at Pinckneyville is telling them not even to write them up anymore because there are so many."

Bryant emphasized no staff were injured in this incident. However, it has renewed

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