Hostage situation at Pinckneyville Correctional Center resolved

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[At approximately 10:30 a.m. Monday, an inmate at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center took an employee hostage. The facility was secured and was placed on lockdown.

The offender, a 37- year-old black male, serving a sentence for aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping out of Cook County, was shot and pronounced dead at the scene at 5:03 p.m.

The female hostage, a 62 year-old employee, was rescued and is currently being evaluated by medical personnel. She is conversing with medical staff on site and is expected to be transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.

The Illinois State Police, Division of Internal Investigation, will be conducting an investigation into this incident. The facility will remain on lockdown.

Pinckneyville Correctional Center is a level two facility that houses approximately 2,200 male inmates.