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The Lincoln Developmental Center, first called the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, had a sordid history before former Gov. George Ryan closed it in 2002. Founded in 1877, it was an institution for developmentally challenged children and became the largest employer in Logan County. Ryan was pressured to shut it down by those advocating for the developmentally disabled after abuse and neglect, including preventable deaths, were reported. The state now has plans to repurpose part of the abandoned facility and turn it into a youth detention center for up to 30 youth. It would be the first so-called Illinois Youth Center opened under Gov. JB Pritzker s 21st Century Illinois Transformation Model – a plan that promises to make major changes to the state s juvenile justice system in coming years.
Originally published on April 7, 2021 2:45 pm
A prison watchdog group in Illinois is calling on the state to take a bigger role in scrutinizing Illinois’ 16 pre-trial juvenile detention centers.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker last summer called for getting rid of Illinois’ five state-run juvenile facilities and instead focusing on community-based rehabilitation and treatment services.
But the county-run pre-trial detention centers will remain, and a recent report from the John Howard Association says they need better oversight.
John Howard Association executive director Jennifer Vollen-Katz says the standards used to inspect the county-run juvenile detention facilities are merely perfunctory.
“They don t really get to the treatment and well-being of the kids, Vollen-Katz said. It s much more focused on sort of the physical structure and meeting kind of correctional criteria, and we think that the standards need to really focus on treatment and well-being of the individua
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