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River Valley Justice Center needs $1.3M–$1.7M in repairs; county weighs keeping juvenile facility open
Summary
County detention leaders presented three options for juvenile confinement — continue operating River Valley with repairs, move youth to the county adult detention center with major capital work, or place youth in out‑of‑county facilities — and requested more detailed cost and revenue numbers before the committee decides.
Will County court services and River Valley Justice Center leaders told the Finance Committee on May 6 that the county faces a choice: invest to keep the juvenile detention center functioning as a juvenile facility, retrofit the adult detention center to hold youth, or house youth in other counties.
Superintendent Shannon McCormick and director Chris Watkins said the county currently operates River Valley Justice Center (juvenile courthouse and detention) and also receives some out‑of‑county revenue by housing youth from neighboring counties. McCormick summarized three options: (1) continue housing youth at River Valley with targeted repairs and upgrades; (2) move youth into the Will County Adult Detention Center, which would require a waiver from the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice and extensive capital renovations to create sight‑and‑sound separation and separate courthouse circulation; or (3) place youth in other detention…
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