10th contempt citation filed against DCFS director as 13-year-old locked in psych ward
Leah is a 13-year-old girl under Department of Children and Family Services care who lives in a psychiatric ward in...
Audit finds DCFS failed to implement reforms
Ta’Naja Barnes was two years old when she was found wrapped in a urine-soaked blanket amid rodent droppings, garbage and...
DCFS director: ‘Stuck kids’ docket a problem years in the making
Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith has faced nine cases of contempt of court in recent weeks...
‘Stuck kids’ docket details challenges for DCFS wards in improper placements
The weekly docket for children who are wards of the state and waiting for placements recommended by the Department of...
DCFS director faces 9th contempt charge for improper placements
A Cook County judge found DCFS Director Marc Smith in contempt on Thursday.
Pritzker appoints rejected Prisoner Review Board member to labor board
Former Illinois Prisoner Review Board member Jeffrey Mears, who failed to receive confirmation for that post from the Illinois Senate...
Man who received pardon for felony arson and became fire chief is now also a police officer
Jerame Simmons spent nearly 24 years as a convicted felon after pleading guilty to arson in 1999 until a 2021...
Pritzker taps former Rauner chief of staff, former judge for PRB
Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday named a former Cook County judge and the chief of staff of his Republican predecessor...
GOP asks for a performance audit for state’s child protection agency
In the wake of the recent deaths of five children who were in contact with the state’s child protection agency...
DCFS releases details of 8-year-old’s death as hearing on 30-year-old consent decree looms
In the weeks before 8-year-old Navin Jones died, the Department of Children and Family Services had investigated his parents for...
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