Jessica Buhs packs dishes at her home in Morris, Illinois, Monday, February 18, 2013. Jessica is a former IYC Joliet facility worker who now has to move after being in her home for only a year. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Jessica Buhs; son Beau, 4 months; daughter Kennedy, 4; and husband Brian near the for sale sign in front of their home in Morris, Illinois, Monday, February 18, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Jessica Buhs; son Beau, 4 months; daughter Kennedy, 4; and husband Brian near the for sale sign in front of their home in Morris, Illinois, Monday, February 18, 2013 | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Jessica Buhs; son Beau, 4 months; daughter Kennedy, 4; and husband Brian near the for sale sign in front of their home in Morris, Illinois, Monday, February 18, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Sharon Konopka (left) and IYC-Joliet worker Crystal Napier attend a rally at Joliet's Union Station where Gov. Pat Quinn spoke. | Submitted photo
Illinois Youth Center-Joliet workers protest the facility's closing at an event in Joliet where Gov. Pat Quinn spoke. | Submitted photo
Employees of the Illinois Youth Center-Joliet walk out en masse in a show of solidarity against the facility's closing on Nov. 19, 2012. | Submitted photo
Some days are better than others. The good days are when 4-year-old Kennedy Buhs is just a typical little kid talking about her best friend from preschool. Then there are the days when Kennedy cries to her mother, Jessica, about how she will miss her … Read More
