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HR0160LRB104 12445 MST 22768 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, From 1877 to 2002, the State of Illinois operated 

3a large residential facility for developmentally disabled 

4children and adults in the City of Lincoln, known first as The 

5Illinois Asylum for Feeble Minded Children and later renamed 

6the Lincoln State School and Colony, the Lincoln State School, 

7and finally, the Lincoln Developmental Center; and

8 WHEREAS, The Lincoln Developmental Center was located on a 

9sprawling campus, resembling a miniature city, and housed 

10thousands of residents and contained its own power plant, 

11kitchen, bakery, sewing rooms, laundry facility, hospital, 

12nursing school, fire department, jail, and farm, as well as 

13other industrial shops; and

14 WHEREAS, The Lincoln Developmental Center also contained a 

15cemetery that housed the remains of deceased patients who had 

16lived at the facility when their families could not be located 

17or were indigent; and

18 WHEREAS, The State opened the Logan Correctional Center, a 

19women's prison, adjacent to the Lincoln Developmental Center 

20in 1978 and opened the Lincoln Correctional Center, a men's 

21prison, on the same grounds in 1984; and

HR0160- 2 -LRB104 12445 MST 22768 r

1 WHEREAS, After the closure of the Lincoln Developmental 

2Center in 2002, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) 

3became responsible for managing the Lincoln Developmental 

4Center cemetery; and

5 WHEREAS, With the erection of correctional facilities near 

6the cemetery and management of the cemetery becoming IDOC's 

7responsibility, it became difficult for family members, 

8relatives, and friends of those interred at the cemetery to 

9visit their loved ones, care for their g