Originally published on April 7, 2021 2:45 pm
A prison watchdog group in Illinois is calling on the state to take a bigger role in scrutinizing Illinois’ 16 pre-trial juvenile detention centers.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker last summer called for getting rid of Illinois’ five state-run juvenile facilities and instead focusing on community-based rehabilitation and treatment services.
But the county-run pre-trial detention centers will remain, and a recent report from the John Howard Association says they need better oversight.
John Howard Association executive director Jennifer Vollen-Katz says the standards used to inspect the county-run juvenile detention facilities are merely perfunctory.
“They don t really get to the treatment and well-being of the kids, Vollen-Katz said. It s much more focused on sort of the physical structure and meeting kind of correctional criteria, and we think that the standards need to really focus on treatment and well-being of the individua
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