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Inside and Out: Training to Transform Juvenile Prisons
Posted 3.18.10 by Gabriel Spitzer
(WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
All this week we're resuming our series on juvenile justice, Inside and Out.

Today, Governor Pat Quinn is proposing to take it a step further by merging juvenile justice with the child welfare system. The idea is to finally shed the old model of warehousing and punishing kids, and instead treat and rehabilitate them. But changing bureaucracy is one thing. It's another to change the mentality of the people who enforce rules, preside over meals and break up fights. There's a new push to transform how front-line workers understand the minds and mental health of children.

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Chicago Terror Suspect David Headley Pleads Guilty

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Illinois Primary Pushed Back

Quinn Allows Top Corrections Official to Keep His Job

Inside and Out: Training to Transform Juvenile Prisons

No Details on CPS Clout Admissions, But Tightened Controls



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