Douglas County Youth Center releases 2024 report, commissioners cite disparities
Commissioners are concerned over the increase in length of stay and the racial disparities in DCYC's latest report.
Will County nonprofit works to provide GED training and testing in jail
The Will County Center for Correctional Concerns provides free GED tests for detainees at the jail, but needs donations.
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30 to 60 years for ex-YDC staffer who became foster parent to teen victim
A former Youth Development Center staffer, convicted in January of three counts of rape involving two teen boys court-ordered to the juvenile detention facility, was sentenced Thursday to ...
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Health care is key for youths getting out of prison. A new law helps them get it
It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.
Major Case Squads wraps up Dupo homicide investigation with arrests of 3 teens
Dupo Police Chief Dennis Plew said it was a “tragedy” that brought the Major Case Squad to Dupo. There were 18 investigators on the squad and they worked 73 leads leading to arrest and charges in the ...