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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Human Services says a program concentrating on rehabilitating delinquent youth saved the state $60 million in incarceration costs last year. The ...

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.

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to remove identifying information about the teenager at the center of this article who reached out years after publication requesting that his name be ...