May 27, 2015
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle oversaw the U.S.federal court mandated improvements to the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC), 1100 S. Hamilton Ave. The Juvenile Temporary Detention Center provides temporary secure housing for youth age 10 through 16 awaiting adjudication of their cases by the Juvenile Division of the Cook County Courts according to Cook County’s website.
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Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Conditions Comply with Federal Lawsuit
U.S. District Judge John Holderman recently ruled that the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC), 1100 S. Hamilton Ave., has compiled with the rulings of a federal lawsuit filed against it by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU) to improve its operations and conditions there. The ACLU first filed the lawsuit in the case of Jimmy Doe v. Cook County in 1999.