Illinois Must End Youth Incarceration, Not "Transform" It
Illinois Must End Youth Incarceration, Not âTransformâ It An incarcerated youth at Illinois Youth Center at Warrenville, the state's maximum-security prison for girls, reads on her bed on June 27, 2007. Heather Stone / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service via Getty Images By Even amid a deadly pandemic, in the U.S., there are over 37,000 children currently detained or incarcerated in environments where social distancing is impossible. The most recent update from Chicagoâs Juvenile Temporary Detention Center was in November, when the chief judgeâs office announced that a...