The police suspect that much of the property that CPS has listed as missing actually was stolen by people with access to school buildings during the pandemic.
The Illinois Juvenile Justice System Faces COVID-19
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This is the third article in The Maroon
’s series on how the pandemic has affected youth involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The last two articles focused on the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), while this article discusses how the pandemic has disrupted the lives of youth in the state’s juvenile jails and prisons. Many of the most vulnerable children in Illinois come into contact with both systems. Approximately one third of the children involved in the child welfare system come into contact with the juvenile justice system.