Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

Critics have said the system has been too punitive and too ineffective. More than half of youth who are released end up getting in trouble again....

Governor Bruce Rauner's administration says it will close the youth correctional facility in Kewanee. Juvenile Justice Director Candice Jones says closi...

Illinois' auditor has found that the state's prison systems have lost 240 computers. Auditor General Bill Holland's report shows the Department of…