HARRISBURG—A Harrisburg IYC employee is under fire from DCFS for an incident that occurred recently at the juvenile facility in Harrisburg.
John Mark Simpson and his sleeves.
John Mark Simpson, a very unlikely person to be working at a juvenile facility with his tattoo sleeves and unkempt appearance, has been accused of striking an inmate at the Illinois Youth Center (juvenile detention) facility. It’s been confirmed that the incident is under investigation by DCFS, but no one would confirm when the incident happened, nor what has been or is being done with Simpson in the interim.
Regular readers will recall that Simpson has been accused of violence in the past, particularly the domestic type, as this article from 2011 reveals. Somehow, the Simpsons always manage to evade any kind of serious investigation, and then of course there are no charges filed…and John Mark continues on at the IYC.
Now, however, since DCFS is involved in all allegations of such a nature at the facility, there might actually be something done about the errant John Mark.
Check back frequently is this is a developing situation; we’ll try to keep you updated.