Troubled Sadie Waterford residential center wants to reopen
A month after Illinois pulled state wards out of Sadie Waterford Manor for their own safety, the residential treatment center is lobbying officials to reopen in a new location, the...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
Center for troubled girls will close, cites decision by DCFS
A prominent but troubled residential facility for youths is closing following Tribune reports that children inside the Rockford center were assaulted and lured into prostitution. The 59-bed, all-girls Rock River...
Justice Department explores taking action on violent Illinois youth centers
Illinois' troubled residential treatment centers for children and teens are drawing the attention of federal authorities after the Tribune documented hundreds of rape and assault allegations and found that state...
Bills introduced in response to Tribune’s ‘Harsh Treatment’ investigation
A state lawmaker on Thursday introduced two bills in response to a Tribune investigation that found hundreds of allegations that youths are assaulted and raped by their peers each year...
Illinois urged to reform programs for young wards; DCFS director steps down
Illinois authorities urgently need to overhaul the state's mental health programs for impoverished youth or they will only see more of the violence and abuse exposed by a recent Tribune...
Illinois pulls wards from Sadie Waterford Manor residential center
State child welfare officials have removed all juvenile state wards from a troubled south suburban residential treatment center after Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart angrily complained that girls were frequently...
DCFS stops placements, steps up monitoring at living center for youths
State child welfare officials have stopped sending juvenile wards to a troubled Rockford residential facility following Tribune reports that youths inside the center were assaulted and lured into prostitution. Officials...
DCFS chief fields queries from child welfare panel about residential care
State child welfare chief Bobbie Gregg on Thursday faced sharp questions from former juvenile wards in the wake of a Tribune investigation that revealed hundreds of reports that youth were...
DCFS inspects troubled youth living centers in response to Tribune series
Teams of state child welfare officials have begun making unannounced inspections at residential treatment facilities that serve juvenile wards as authorities accelerate their response to a Tribune investigation revealing assaults,...
Violence, runaways a problem at residential centers across the U.S.
Six years after the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that youths were beaten and abused inside residential treatment centers across the country, the mistreatment and violence continue amid inconsistent oversight...