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...
Two children die after families contacted by DCFS
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood admits he has seen a lot of horrible things in his 20 years as an...
Without a Prisoner Review Board quorum, clemency hearings indefinitely postponed
Chicago attorney Alan Mills has a client on the Prisoner Review Board’s clemency docket in April.
UPDATED: One Prisoner Review Board member resigns; Senate rejects another
One Prisoner Review Board member resigned on Monday, while another was rejected by the Senate in an evening vote.
What’s next for the Illinois parole board?
In a rare move earlier this week, the state Senate rejected a gubernatorial appointee to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board...
Senate rejects Prisoner Review Board appointee
The Senate Executive Appointments Committee moved six appointees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board through committee on Tuesday, but the...
DCFS director held in contempt for 7th time in 10 weeks
For the seventh time in 10 weeks, a Cook County judge found Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director...
Pritzker pulls another Prisoner Review Board appointment, calls for Senate action
Gov. JB Pritzker pulled an appointment to the Prisoner Review Board and sent a letter to the state senators in...
Charges filed against man accused of abusing developmentally disabled woman at state-run facility
A state employee charged last month with molesting a child now faces a charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault of...
Man accused of sexual misconduct with patient at state-run facility charged with child molestation in unrelated case
A man charged last month with molesting a child had been receiving a paycheck from the state for more than...
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