CHICAGO -- Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys ...

The number of former juvenile inmates who allege they were sexually abused at the hands of staff at juvenile detention ...

A new batch of complaints filed Tuesday include 107 new cases of alleged sexual abuse at Illinois Youth Centers and the Cook ...

Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse in ...

There are two public reports that mention Mackenzi’s death — the DCFS Office of the Inspector General Annual Report to the ...

The office building at 100 North Western Avenue shown Monday, May 6, 2024, in Chicago, where an office of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice is located.

Nearly 1,000 lawsuits were filed alleging sexual abuse by staffers at Illinois and Cook County juvenile detention centers.

Donzell, who alleges sexual abuse while in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice, reads from a prepared statement as Luke Matthews, left, listens ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women ...