When Illinois DCFS can’t find housing for incarcerated teens, they stay in jail
The average wait time is more than 53 days.
By Char Daston
When Illinois DCFS can’t find housing for incarcerated teens, they stay in jail
The average wait time is more than 53 days.
By Char Daston
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When children are released from the Cook County Juvenile Center on Chicago’s Near West Side, they’re expected to be picked up by a guardian. But many kids under the care of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services are not assigned housing and are forced to wait in jail until a guardian arrives — sometimes for months.
Reset gets the latest from the WBEZ reporter who uncovered the story.
GUEST: Patrick Smith, WBEZ criminal justice reporter