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The Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where children are held before their cases are adjudicated, has faced issues for years and calls for closure. A class-action lawsuit in 1999 alleged a lack ...
CHICAGO - Survivors of sexual abuse at Illinois Youth Centers (IYCs) and the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) have filed new lawsuits against the state, bringing the total to ...
which ran a Chicago juvenile detention center. “The State of Illinois has had notice of such abuse for decades and nonetheless neglected to protect its confined youth from sexual abuse and ...