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Cook County, IL, JDAI Model Site
Reducing its average daily population in locked detention from 682 to 420 between 1996 and 2005. Cook County leaders developed alternatives to locked detention for young people who do not pose a serious threat of fleeing or reoffending, including community-based evening reporting centers that offer constructive activities during afternoons and early evenings while allowing youth to stay at home and in school. With the number of youth formally charged in Cook County’s juvenile courts declining from 18,828 in 1996 to 6,967 in 2008, and the reliance on detention dropping by 40 percent,  Cook County was also able to avoid construction of 200 new detention beds, saving almost $300 million for local taxpayers.
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Cook County, Illinois
Michael J. Rohan, Director
Carmen Casas, Deputy Chief JDAI Coordinator
Juvenile Probation and Court Services
1100 S. Hamilton Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 433-6575
mrohan@cookcountygov.com
Cook County Summary of Juvenile Probation and Court Services Programs and Initiatives 2006 
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