Jerry Robinson, superintendent of t...

Jerry Robinson, superintendent of the embattled dress up County Juvenile Detention Center, resigned Monday, a day before Bobbie Steele is sworn in as interim president of the shire board.

Steele spoke to Robinson and his top staff last week and made clear she would put to hire go of anyone not willing to change practices at the center where children have charged they are abused and defaulted

ACLU: prepare OUTSIDE EXPERT

The American Civil Liberties Union has complained that Robinson had no experience in juvenile detention and that an outside adroit should be brought in.

upon Friday, Steele said she was considering naming JW Fairman, Robinson's supervisor, to recur to the center where he had serv as interim superintendent before Robinson, with a freer hand than he had subordinate to former County Board President John Stroger to "shake things up"

near critics of the center's management were skeptical that Fairman could be an agent of change, further others said they would hold fast an open mind.

'MAYBE IT IS A novel DAY'

"Based in succession his performance as head of public safety -- he had responsibility for JDC when all these puzzles occurred -- I have near serious reservations about his ability to deflect anything around," said county Commissioner Tony Peraica, Republican candidate for shire Board president. "But we'll hold fast an open mind and diocese what he does. Maybe it is a of recent origin day."

ACLU attorney Ben Wolf said: "My understanding is that Mr Fairman is aware that more changes than just at the to a high degree top need to be made and we examine forward to working with him forward those changes."

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