Mackenzi Felmlee fell through the safety net of doctors, judges, lawyers, social workers, teachers, child welfare ...

Mackenzi Felmlee died after she was found struggling to breathe, bruised and dehydrated at the bottom of the basement stairs in a Fairview Heights foster home. Four years later, the Illinois ...

DCFS confirmed that Mackenzi was placed in Williams’ foster home in Fairview Heights in April 2020 under the supervision of ...

There are two public reports that mention Mackenzi’s death — the DCFS Office of the Inspector General Annual Report to the ...

Do we just need more space or less detention? Different views on the way forward as police and justice activists seek solutions.

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing ...