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| Group Fights to Save Juvenile Detention Center |
| By romeoville.patch.com - Shannon Antinori |
| Published: 10/21/2011 |
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In an effort to cut spending and save money, the DuPage County Board is eyeing a plan to close the county’s juvenile detention center, instead shipping juvenile offenders to the Kane County regional detention center. The Kane/DuPage partnership would move young prisoners to Kane’s 80-bed facility, which currently houses about 48 inmates. But opponents have already taken to the Internet, circulating a petition urging board members to vote against the plan, and members of a local youth outreach organization are working to spread the word. “We’re supposed to keep our kids in our community,” said DuCAP past president Jimmy Barber. DuCAP (DuPage County Area Project) works with at-risk youths in the DuPage County area, branching out to Bolingbrook and Romeoville. Barber said the organization is also working on creating a petition and hopes to get the word out about the potential closure, which they believe could be detrimental to young inmates — and could hamper efforts to prevent juveniles from becoming repeat offenders. “Our program here in DuPage is really one of the best programs in the state of Illinois,” Barber said. “And to let that go could jeopardize the kids coming out.” Read More. |
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