Visitation temporarily suspended after lightning strike at McLean County Jail

Posted on July 20, 2020

 

McLean County Jail. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)

BLOOMINGTON – A lightning strike at the McLean County Detention Facility has affected the inmate visitation system throughout the facility as well as the inmate phone system in certain housing areas of the jail.

No visitation is available for the entire facility and inmates housed in the annex also do not have phone service.

According to our news partner, Heart of Illinois ABC, essential components were damaged after a lightning strike during the storms on Wednesday, July 15.

The sheriff’s office said the service provider has been on site over the last two days troubleshooting the outage.

They say every effort is being made to get the problem resolved as soon as possible.

Heart of Illinois ABC can be reached at [email protected]. 

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