Over recent decades we’ve moved toward a much more effective and humane system to deal with youth crime. Evidence and ...

A new batch of complaints filed Tuesday include 107 new cases of alleged sexual abuse at Illinois Youth Centers and the Cook ...

Another 107 people filed complaints Tuesday against the state for allegedly allowing rampant sexual abuse in Illinois ...

A new batch of complaints filed Tuesday include 107 new cases of alleged sexual abuse at Illinois Youth Centers and the Cook ...

The number of former juvenile inmates who allege they were sexually abused at the hands of staff at juvenile detention facilities across Illinois has grown to more than 900, according to their ...

CHICAGO -- Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits said Wednesday.

Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse in juvenile detention.