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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 - A pilot program through the Illinois Department of Human Services aimed at keeping youth out of prison saved the state more than $2.3 million and kept 48 young people out of prison from ...

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 ...