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Cook County juvenile detention center officials defend practices after reports criticize use of...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoReports about the use of confinement and restraint at Cook County’s Juvenile Temporary Detention...
Lawsuit highlights how DCFS placed kids in juvenile detention who had done nothing wrong
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO (CBS) -- Children from abused and neglected households are taken in by the state's child...
Report by watchdog group alleges ‘inhumane,’ ‘unjust’ treatment of youth at Cook County Juvenile...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — A new report released by a watchdog group said some youths felt “fear,” “hopelessness,” and “like dogs” when physical restraint was used at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center ...
Wayne officials blast state, ask for $150 million to address juvenile jail crisis
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWayne County officials worked hard during a legislative hearing Wednesday to tell state lawmakers...
Stepping away from bench and a decade of leading juvenile court, sometimes-controversial judge...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 2018, Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Michael Toomin made the consequential decision to detain two 12-year-old boys facing gun charges despite a Cook County ordinance that said children that ...
Lawsuit: Illinois agency wrongfully imprisoned children
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllinois Department of Children and Family Services wrongfully incarcerated hundreds of children in...
Slain CPD Officer Aréanah Preston honored with renamed street: ‘We’ll never forget her valor’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBefore slain Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston’s mother helped pull off a cover to unveil a...
95 men, women sue state of Illinois alleging 'severe' sexual abuse at youth centers
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 week agoA lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 95 men and women who claim they were sexually abused while...
Change ahead for South Side lakefront as candidates vie for 3 open City Council seats
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe retirement of three South Side aldermen has lakefront neighborhoods from the Near South Side to Hegewisch bracing for potentially sweeping changes as dozens of candidates hope to be the ...
Illinois Humanities funds over a dozen ‘Envisioning Justice’ art projects focused on mass...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFive years ago, nonprofit Illinois Humanities asked state residents to imagine a world without mass incarceration, a city without jails. This initiative to think about criminal justice as something ...