A Juvenile Court judge threatened Monday to throw three statechild welfare administrators into jail if caseworkers come to courtunprepared or don't show up for child abuse cases.
Judge Susan Fleming's action was another step in an effort tocrack down on absentee caseworkers, said Kim King, an assistant inthe Cook County public guardian's office.
Between May 9 and July 1, the Department of Children and FamilyServices did not have the crucial case plans for children in 209cases brought to Juvenile Court. In 171 separate cases, DCFS workersdid not appear, according to the public guardian's office.
Because of the lapses, the guardian's office said, it may …
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