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Even as Illinois loses a youth prison, it's gaining an adult correctional facility. Illinois' Department of Juvenile Justice is going forward with plans...
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The Department of Juvenile Justice is moving forward with plans to close a youth prison. A legislative hearing on the closure is scheduled for tomorrow…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration says closing the Kewanee youth correctional facility would save up to $14-million next year for improved programming…
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Lashawn Jenkins is a success story … kind of. The young Chicago woman spent months in jail when she shouldn't have. She was held there because the…
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An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union says solitary confinement for juveniles is essentially over in Illinois. A federal judge recently…
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says he has a plan to fix the state’s juvenile justice system. It calls for barring kids convicted of a misdemeanor from…