CHICAGO (CBS) -- A brand-new program in the Cook County criminal justice system targets the underage offenders committing the worst crimes in the county. CBS 2's Tara Molina got a firsthand look at ...

Ayvaughn Lester’s 16-year-old son was about to return to juvenile detention last winter until a new program interceded. Rather than being incarcerated, again, the youth was enrolled in Redeploy ...

How Champaign County responds to reports ("Full house at juvenile detention center," The News-Gazette, Feb. 24) of an "upswing in serious crime by juveniles" will have long-term consequences for ...

SPRINGFIELD — Redeploy Illinois for nonviolent offenders represents one of the positive developments to come out of the state’s efforts to overhaul sentencing practices, examine ways to reduce crime ...

UNION COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - A Union County, Illinois grant has been increased by $72,000, according to State's Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds. The Union County Redeploy Illinois grant was increased for the ...

Paige Garrison, left, and James Benson both will be working in Cunningham Children’s Home in Urbana to provide services and resources for juveniles as part of Champaign County’s Redeploy program.

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to remove identifying information about the teenager at the center of this article who reached out years after publication requesting that his name be ...

EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County, one of the first counties in the state to receive a “Redeploy” grant, has received an extension of funding aimed at steering people away from prison and into more ...