13th Circuit probation report lists caseloads, juvenile residential placements and incoming fee-standard changes

Susan Dobbs, director of probation for the 13th Judicial Circuit, presented January 2025 statistics and reviewed department bills at the circuit-wide meeting Feb. 12, which represents LaSalle, Bureau and Grundy counties.

Dobbs opened with adult probation figures, saying that in LaSalle County probation fees newly ordered in January totaled $10,950, with $11,730 ordered to date and $6,506.89 collected for the month (collected to date: $11,136.75). For Bureau County she reported $2,400 collected in January and $3,600 collected to date (individual monthly breakdowns not specified). Grundy County showed $6,025 ordered in January, $9,950 ordered to date, and $2,203 collected in the month (collected to date: $3,893).

Dobbs said active adult caseloads were 527 in LaSalle County, 116 in Bureau County and 138 in Grundy County; administrative adult caseloads were 274 in LaSalle, 64 in Bureau and 200 in Grundy. She defined administrative cases as supervisees who live out of county or out of state and are supervised elsewhere. Total active adult caseload for the 13th Circuit was 781; total administrative adult cases were 538; total adults on probation across the circuit was 1,319.

For juvenile cases in January, Dobbs reported LaSalle County had 121 active juvenile cases and 9 administrative juveniles; Bureau County had 16 active and 6 administrative juvenile cases; and…