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Sep 23, 2024 · “Cook County has had notice of such abuse for decades and nonetheless neglected to protect its confined youth from sexual abuse and failed to implement policies necessary to ensure such protection,” the lawsuit said.
Jul 23, 2024 · On Monday, attorneys filed two lawsuits against Cook County and the State of Illinois, alleging decades of abuse at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC), formerly...
Sep 25, 2024 · Multiple complainants said they were sexually abused by a St. Charles chaplain, who threatened to keep one child in Illinois Youth Centers until he was 21 if he fought the abuse. Other abusers threatened disciplinary action or solitary confinement if children resisted the abuse, the lawsuit says.
Sep 25, 2024 · Overall, 667 people have alleged they were sexually abused as children at youth facilities run by the state and Cook County in lawsuits filed since May.
Jul 22, 2024 · The Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center has faced years of scrutiny over inhumane conditions including failures to protect youth inmates from violence and sexual abuse perpetrated by staff.
Sep 24, 2024 · Hundreds of former residents of juvenile detention centers are accusing the state and Cook County of failing to protect them from “persistent and prevalent” sexual abuse by employees in...
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Sep 24, 2024 · A 2022 report from a group of juvenile justice experts convened by Chief Cook County Judge Timothy Evans found the juvenile center “isolating and deprivational,” rather than rehabilitative, locking kids in their cells for the majority of their day.
