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The Stroger Family & Cook County Justice...

By Peter

Ah the one-party system of Cook County. I saw this in today's Tribune:

As recently as last week, 26 juveniles who might have been sent home with monitoring bracelets on their ankles were held at the detention center (Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center), officials said. The center acts as a jail for those under 17 who are awaiting trial in criminal cases.

County budget shortfalls and a bureaucratic purchasing process slowed replacement of the devices, which can cost $2,400 each, officials say. The juvenile probation department has been trying to get 200 new bracelets since early last year, said Michael Rohan, the director. The first 70 arrived Friday and officials started distributing them almost immediately, he said.

Or as has been previously reported, the center, where top employees were relatives or friends of John Stroger, then the Cook County Board President, was filthy, violent and scary.

Full post as published by Solo In Chicago on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).