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Fact Sheet: IllinoisKey Facts: three times their representation in the 6general population. • Illinois is one of four the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change sites. • In 2003, the rate of persons residing in The Models for Change program in juvenile detention and correctional Illinois includes right-sizing the juvenile facilities was at a rate of 307 for every 7court jurisdiction, expanding community 100,000 individuals. based alternatives to incarceration, and • Although African-American youth addressing disproportionate minority represent only 18% of Illinois’ population contact. There are currently 5 local of youth ages 10 to 16, they total 41% of 1demonstration sites in Illinois. those youth that are securely detained, • Cook County, Illinois is one of four model and 52% of those youth who are 8sites for the Annie E. Casey incarcerated. Foundation’s Juvenile Detention What Illinois Law Says: Alternative Initiative (JDAI). This county • There are eight youth detention centers drastically reduced its detention population between 1996 and 2005 and in the state of Illinois, and youth may be sent there for contempt of court and has increased its use of community-parole violations along with delinquency based alternatives to incarceration. 9 10disposition; , There are also ten other JDAI sites in 2Illinois. • Illinois recently created a new Department of Juvenile Justice separate • Redeploy Illinois is a program for first from the Illinois ...