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Former Illinois state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi said Gov. JB Pritzker is ignoring his duties in the wake of a federal lawsuit that alleges officials of the DCFS wrongfully leave children in detention centers.
A federal lawsuit charges Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) officials “willfully and wrongly” left dozens of children under the care of the agency locked away in juvenile jails even after some of them had been ordered released to their guardian.
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services wrongfully incarcerated hundreds of children in juvenile detention after a court ordered them to be released to their guardian, according to a class action lawsuit filed Thursday by Cook County's public guardian.
According to a new class-action lawsuit, Department of Children and Family Services officials allowed children to remain in juvenile jail long after a court ordered their release.