Sophia Tareen, Author at The Rapid City Post

One of sexual assault survivor Kate-Lynn (first name only), wipes his face after talking to media during a news conference in Chicago, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Survivors’ lawyers say Illinois has one of nation’s worst records on sex abuse in juvenile detention

July 16, 2025

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers. That’s according to attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits against the state. Dozens of complaints allege decades of systemic abuse by the employees at state and county-run facilities. Similar lawsuits have popped up in states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, but Illinois stands out for the volume of cases that began piling up only last year and the lackluster response from state leaders, according to attorneys. The latest Illinois complaints were filed Tuesday and represent 107 people at 10 centers statewide.

The grave marker of 75-year-old Pfc. Reba C. Bailey, a former missing person cold case named Seven Doe, is seen during a military funeral at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Chicago, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

Military honors bestowed on Illinois veteran identified nearly a decade after death

July 2, 2025

A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life has been memorialized in a funeral service with military honors. Investigators in Cook County identified the body through post-mortem fingerprints as Reba Caroline Bailey in 2023. However, they also unearthed a deeper mystery in how the veteran who served in the Women’s Army Corps in the 1960s became homeless and ended up at a Chicago shelter with no memories aside from identifying as a man named Seven. Along with military honors, investigators last year installed a gravestone with Bailey’s birth name and military rank.

FILE - Cain Oulahan, Ramon Morales Reyes' immigration attorney addresses the media, May 30, 2025 in Milwaukee about the detention of his client Ramon Morales Reyes. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

What to know about Ramón Morales Reyes, a Wisconsin man falsely accused of threatening Trump’s life

June 4, 2025

A man falsely accused of threatening President Donald Trump’s life faces deportation even as Wisconsin authorities say the Mexican immigrant was framed and is a victim of a violent 2023 attack. Ramón Morales Reyes was thrust into the national spotlight last week when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused him of writing letters threatening Trump. Agency officials have quietly acknowledged that Morales Reyes is no longer a suspect in that threat a day after another man was charged in Wisconsin for forging the letters. But Trump administration social media posts blasting Morales Reyes as a potential presidential assassin remain online.

What to know about onetime Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, whose federal sentence Trump commuted

May 29, 2025

One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among President Donald Trump’s most recent presidential commutations. The puzzling move raised questions about whether Larry Hoover will be freed. The 74-year-old Hoover has been serving a life sentence at the nation’s most restrictive prison in Colorado. He was first imprisoned in Illinois for a 1973 murder and decades later convicted in federal court for running a criminal enterprise while behind bars. Trump’s move commutes the federal sentence of the ex-gang leader and prison entrepreneur revered in rap lyrics. However, Hoover must still serve the remainder of his lengthy Illinois sentence.

Sophia Tareen.

Survivors’ lawyers say Illinois has one of nation’s worst records on sex abuse in juvenile detention

Military honors bestowed on Illinois veteran identified nearly a decade after death

What to know about Ramón Morales Reyes, a Wisconsin man falsely accused of threatening Trump’s life

What to know about onetime Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, whose federal sentence Trump commuted

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