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Over 70 fires in three years at Illinois’ Joliet Treatment Center—including 12 self-immolations and two deaths—expose catastrophic safety failures: no working alarms, no evacuation plans, and blocked ambulance access. Once hailed for mental health care behind bars, the facility’s decline pushed inmates to desperate acts while staff lacked lifesaving tools. State lawmakers are furious, calling the administration incompetent and demanding immediate fire safety upgrades, audits, and better training. This tragedy highlights a broken system where mental health needs in prisons go unmet—and underscores the urgent need for oversight and accountability to prevent more lives from being lost.

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