Class-action suit alleges DCFS wrongfully imprisoned hundreds of children

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Illinois Department of Children and Family Services wrongfully incarcerated hundreds of children in juvenile detention after a court ordered them to be released to their guardian, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Thursday by Cook County's public guardian.

These children have missed holidays, birthdays and funerals of loved ones, said Public Guardian Charles Golbert, who acts as a lawyer for abused, neglected and dependent children. He spoke Thursday at a news conference announcing the lawsuit.

The problem has persisted for decades, according to a news release from the law firm of Loevy & Loevy, which is representing nine young people, mostly unnamed, as well as other children in similar situations. "Nothing else has worked," Ainsworth said."The only thing that will change DCFS' practices is to sue them and hold them personally liable for their actions and force them to pay damages to the children who have been suffering harm for 30 years."Plaintiff Janiah Caine, 18, was imprisoned wrongfully in juvenile temporary detention center for a"shocking 166 days over a one-year period," according to the lawsuit.

 

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