Judge: Juvenile jail conditions improved

Posted May 17, 2015 1:00 am

Submitted by the office of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Friday hailed a federal court ruling that the county has reached substantial compliance in a federal lawsuit involving conditions at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, and that control of the facility should be transferred to the chief judge of Cook County effective May 20.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge John Holderman came as the result of the county's efforts to bring the JTDC, at 1100 S. Hamilton Ave., Chicago, up to standards.

"We've invested a lot in this facility, including installation of a secure video system, a tracking system for employee movement and wellness checks on youth," Preckwinkle said in a news release Friday. "We have contracted for the implementation of a state-of-the-art resident management information system to track real-time data, moving the facility toward fully electronic medical records."

The ruling ends federal control of the JTDC under Transitional Administrator Earl Dunlap, appointed by the court in 2007.

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