Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin Calls For Hearings After DCFS Director Marc Smith Was Ordered Held In Contempt For Violating Rights Of Children, As CBS 2 First Reported

that in a stunning move, a Cook County Juvenile Court judge issued two contempt of court orders against Smith for violating the rights of two children left languishing in facilities for months. DCFS could soon be fined as much as $2,000 a day until those children are properly placed.Durkin on Monday issued a letter to state Rep. Camille Lilly , chairperson of the Human Services Appropriations Committee.

One court order against Smith describes how a 9-year-old girl suffered years of physical and sexual abuse at home. Then after entering DCFS care, she was put into a psychiatric hospital. She was medically ready to be discharged back in June 2021, but she’s still hospitalized. The girl has been confined in the psychiatric hospital for 221 days since the date she was supposed to be discharged.

Please stop on top of this story. IL DCFS is a mess - kids are dying because of the agency’s gross negligence.

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