Warrenville is the only facility in the system that hold girls.
Warrenville is the only facility in the system that held girls. That makes the pattern of what happened there different from the boys’ sites, and it is why accounts from Warrenville are often dismissed as isolated when they are not.
If you were sexually abused by staff while you were held here as a child, you can bring a civil
claim against the body responsible for the facility. You do not need to have reported it at the
time, and nobody needs to have been charged.
Despite the name, the facility’s mailing address is in Naperville, not Warrenville.
What is on the record about this facility
These details come from the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice’s own published information
about the site.
- Opened: 1973.
- Capacity: 70 residents.
- Security: Level 1 Maximum (female); Level 1 Medium (male).
- Location: 30 W 200 Ferry Rd, Naperville, IL 60563 (DuPage County). Phone 630-983-6231.
- Population: Houses juvenile female and male populations with multi-service needs.
Who the claim is against
This is a state facility operated by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, so the claim is against the State, under the Illinois Court of Claims’ own filing requirements and damages limits. It is the first thing that has to be looked at.
Whichever body is responsible, the questions are the same: what did it know, what should it have
known, and what did it do about it. Custodial facilities generate records continuously, shift
rosters, incident reports, grievance forms, transfer logs, personnel files, and that evidence
exists whether or not anyone took you seriously at the time.
Where a claim would be brought
Claims against the State over IYC Warrenville are brought in the Illinois Court of Claims, not the local circuit court. The facility has been open since 1973, and its address is in Naperville rather than Warrenville, which is worth knowing if you are trying to match paperwork to a place you remember.
What the records would show
You are not expected to arrive with proof. In a case arising from this facility, the documents
that usually matter are unit rosters for the girls’ and boys’ populations, which were managed separately, along with staffing assignments across them. Those exist independently of whether anyone believed you, and
they are obtained through the claim rather than by you.
Questions people ask
I do not remember exact dates.
You are not expected to. The facility holds the records, who was on shift, which unit you were on, when you were moved. That is how these cases are built.
Nobody was ever prosecuted.
A civil claim does not depend on a criminal case. It uses a lower standard of proof and is usually brought against the institution rather than the individual.