State police sweeps removing sex offenders and ex-convicts
State police sweeps removing sex offenders and ex-convicts from nursing homes were halted in 2006 (Chicago Tribune)

Amid reports that elderly and disabled residents were being assaulted and raped in nursing facilities, a state police unit in 2001 began raiding the homes to haul out unregistered sex offenders and ex-convicts with outstanding arrest warrants for crimes ranging from armed robbery to murder.