Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith was held in contempt of court again on Thursday for violating the rights of a teenage boy.
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In court Thursday, it was stated that wrongly keeping the youth in a psychiatric facility is costing taxpayers $1,000 a day, or $30,000 a month. He has been locked up for more than four months.a Cook County Juvenile Court judge earlier issued two contempt of court orders against Smith for violating the rights of two children who were left languishing in facilities for months.
A judge wrote DCFS disobeyed numerous court orders to get the child out of the hospital in October and November. This is why DCFS Director Smith was held in contempt in the earliest cases.An Analysis Of Rising Crime In Chicago And How It Has Left People Feeling Unsafe, Caused Problems For Businesses The other contempt order was issued after a 13-year-old boy in DCFS care was forced to sleep in a storage room.