Kid cells still without suicide-proof beds

Dec. 19, 2011
An Illinois youth prison still does not have suicide-proof beds in rooms where kids on suicide watch are held.

Youth prison's suicide-watch cells still lack suicide-proof beds

Sep. 12, 2011
A youth prison in the Chicago suburbs still does not have suicide-proof beds in all its rooms, including those where kids on suicide watch are kept. This comes two years after a young man incarcerated at the St. Charles facility killed himself.Some of the rooms at St.

New report details challenges facing Illinois youth prison

Jul. 13, 2011
About an hour west of Chicago is the youth prison in St. Charles.  The 125-acre campus is just one of a handful of facilities in Illinois where young men and boys are sent to be reformed.

A day in St. Charles

Dec. 29, 2010
Illinois has eight youth prisons.Thousands of young people are sent every year to be rehabilitated, educated, equipped with skills and to be turned away from crime before it becomes a lifestyle.Earlier this year, WBEZ's Robert Wildeboer took us to the sprawling St.