HOME FOR FEMALE JUVENILE OFFENDERS
The establishment of this institution was authorized by act of June 22, 1893 which appropriated $75,000 towards its erection and maintenance, not more than $15,000 to be expended for a site.
It is designed to receive girls between the ages of 10 and 16 committed thereto by any court of record upon conviction of a misdemeanor the term of commitment not to be less than one year, or to exceed minority.
Justices of the Peace, however may send girls for a term not less than three months. The act of incorporation provides for a commutation of sentence to be earned by good conduct and a prolongation of the sentence by bad behavior. The Trustees are empowered, in their discretion, either to apprentice the girls or to adopt them out during their minority.
Temporary quarters were furnished for the Home during the first two years of its existence in Chicago but permanent buildings for the institution have been erected on the banks of Fox River near Geneva, in Kane County.