Commentary: Illinois Juvenile Detention Centers Can Hide Mistreatment Behind FOIA Exclusion – Chicago Tribune*

"The judicial branch is exempt from providing information to the public under the Freedom of Information Act, and because the county detention centers fall under the jurisdiction of Illinois courts, they aren’t legally obligated to respond to requests for information...A bill introduced in the General Assembly this spring would have brought the Freedom of Information Act to the state’s court systems, including county juvenile detention centers, court finances and other judicial entities."