The abused or neglected kids being cared for by the state's child protection agency were placed in juvenile detention when the agency ran out of regular beds, the suit asserts.
CHICAGO In a scathing new report, a group of juvenile justice experts said the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center - a five-story fortress with courtrooms and a public school that houses as many as 175 youths on any given day on Chicago s West Side - should be permanently shut down and replaced with smaller, community-based facilities focused on rehabilitation.