the final 5 Youth Prisons
iyc chicago
“Youth in this facility do not have access to the outside. The building is entirely enclosed, including the gymnasium, with the exception of a sally port that is used for deliveries to the facility. Youth’s only exposure to the outside world is through windows and during field trips or excursions outside the facility, which are rare for those youth below B level.” - JHA
iyc harrisburg
“Workers at the Harrisburg facility have sought more criminal charges for staff assaults over the past two years than employees at the state’s four other juvenile facilities combined, according to records and interviews. State officials and juvenile justice advocates say the prosecutions are fueled, in part, by employees’ resistance to the statewide reforms. More than 90 percent of the staff is white — the highest at any of the state’s youth facilities — and close to 70 percent of the offenders are African-American.” - ProPublica
iyc st. charles
“As recently as 2016, IYC St. Charles was listed on Landmark Illinois' Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois - a list to focus attention on buildings "threatened by deterioration, lack of maintenance, insufficient funds, or inappropriate development.”
iyc pere marquette
“The Center was initially constructed in 1932 as a cattle farm, by Harry Hill Ferguson. When Mr. Ferguson died in 1943, he left the property to the state of Illinois… In 1981, it was adopted under the Illinois Department of Corrections as a male juvenile correctional institution…” - BJA Report
iyc Warrenville
“Currently, girls are being incarcerated in Illinois for less serious offenses and with less delinquency history than boys.” - CFJC Vol 4