As published by WTTW – Oct. 29, 2015
From a dilapidated, dangerous detention facility where abuse of inmates was rampant, to a modern rehabilitation center where juvenile delinquents go to school, learn yoga and get mental help.
It got so bad at the Cook County juvenile detention center that the federal courts had to step in and run it. Today, county officials are celebrating the end of that era.
Paris Schutz got an exclusive look inside to find out how it happened.