Redeploy Illinois News Today

Measure awaits signature of Governor Pritzker.

“They watched our team meeting and gave us nothing but positive feedback, indicating that our program was so good they were going to encourage other programs to come observe us,”

We taxpayers must ensure that our money is spent in ways that support the dignity and humanity of the children in the system, an activist from LIVE FREE Illinois writes.

Attorneys, state employees and juvenile justice reform advocates will gather virtually Friday to receive updates on county pretrial juvenile detention centers in Illinois, and discuss the findings. In 2021, the Illinois Legislature authorized inspections at all 17 county-based detention centers across the state. Luis Klein, executive director of the Juvenile Justice Initiative of Illinois, said the summit will, for the first time, evaluate the effectiveness of the state standards for the facil...

17 years ago, Illinois officials decided there is a better way to help kids headed down the wrong path.

Redeploy Illinois is a community-based alternative to incarceration, which keeps kids in their home communities. For decades, most youthful offenders in Illinois were sent to juvenile detention. But 17 years ago, state officials decided there is a better way to help kids headed down the wrong path. ...

Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Michael Toomin looks back on his career as he nears retiring from bench, leadership of juvenile court.

Cook County youth in juvenile detention center need humane living conditions, social interaction and trauma-informed care.

Society needs to recognize that everyone counts. It is unconscionable that children are being murdered in the streets of America. Step up and do something about it. I’ll join you.

At their meeting on Tuesday the McLean County Justice Committee approved a grant agreement between the State o...