Inside Illinois' youth lockups, children go without basic services and face 'excessive' punishments
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Editor's note: This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois.
State audits point to troubling conditions in juvenile detention centers, but no agency has strong enough oversight to bring about change.
In late December, a teenage boy with a broken arm was left to suffer alone in his cell at a youth lockup in rural Southern Illinois. Staff were aware he’d
Editor's Note: This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois.
(Capitol News Illinois) - In late December, a teenage boy with a broken arm was left to suffer alone in his cell at a youth lockup in rural southern I...