CHICAGO (CBS) -- A brand-new program in the Cook County criminal justice system targets the underage offenders committing the worst crimes in the county. CBS 2's Tara Molina got a firsthand look at ...

Despite a global pandemic and a severe economic recession, Georgetown University has endangered many of its workers with threats to their wages and health insurance. In August 2020, Georgetown ...

How Champaign County responds to reports ("Full house at juvenile detention center," The News-Gazette, Feb. 24) of an "upswing in serious crime by juveniles" will have long-term consequences for ...

Ayvaughn Lester’s 16-year-old son was about to return to juvenile detention last winter until a new program interceded. Rather than being incarcerated, again, the youth was enrolled in Redeploy ...

The best way to clean your hands is with good old soap and water. However, if you need something for when you are out and about and can't find any hand sanitizer in the store, you can make your own by ...

Paige Garrison, left, and James Benson both will be working in Cunningham Children’s Home in Urbana to provide services and resources for juveniles as part of Champaign County’s Redeploy program.

SPRINGFIELD — Redeploy Illinois for nonviolent offenders represents one of the positive developments to come out of the state’s efforts to overhaul sentencing practices, examine ways to reduce crime ...

EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County, one of the first counties in the state to receive a “Redeploy” grant, has received an extension of funding aimed at steering people away from prison and into more ...

UNION COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - A Union County, Illinois grant has been increased by $72,000, according to State's Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds. The Union County Redeploy Illinois grant was increased for the ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A program that provides an alternative to incarceration for court-involved youth in Southern Illinois has reached a critical milestone. In October, the Illinois Department of ...

But Redeploy does not serve 74 counties including Cook County, home to nearly 40 percent of the state’s youth. State spending for the Redeploy program — $2.4 million in 2012 — has declined from $3 ...