Laverne Walker-Riddle and her daughter MarTajia, 9, at their home on Joliet's east side Thursday, September 20, 2012. The 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times
Laverne Walker-Riddle and her daughter MarTajia, 9, at their home on Joliet's east side Thursday, September 20, 2012. The 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times
Laverne Walker-Riddle, a 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet, stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times
Laverne Walker-Riddle, a 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet, stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times
Laverne Walker-Riddle, a 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet, stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times
Laverne Walker-Riddle, a 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet, stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times
Laverne Walker-Riddle and her daughter MarTajia, 9, at their home on Joliet's east side Thursday, September 20, 2012. The 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Laverne Walker-Riddle and her daughter MarTajia, 9, at their home on Joliet's east side Thursday, September 20, 2012. The 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times
Matthew Petty and his 9-year old son Noah attend a rally in Springfield. | submitted photo
Laverne Walker-Riddle and her daughter MarTajia, 9, at their home on Joliet's east side Thursday, September 20, 2012. The 15-year Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet stands to lose her job unless she transfers to another state facility. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times
T-shirt made by 9-year old Noah Petty. His father is Matthew Petty, who is a juvenille justice specialist at IYC-Joliet. The T-shirt was worn at a pension reform rally in Springfield in August. | submitted photo
JOLIET — LaVerne Walker-Riddle lives at the end of a dead-end road in the Forest Park neighborhood in a modest home with her three adopted children. She’s worked at the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet for the past 15 years as a juvenile justice specialist, … Read More
