last year, control was handed over to cook county's office of the chief judge, timothy evans, who wantst momentum. >> i think that we are changing, and we have to find a way to keep these people who've gone through the system from returning to the system. they have to be trained, how to get a job and keep a job. they have to develop skills. they can't just be let out with $40 in their pocket and expect, oh, they're going to be fine. >> detention is like the emergency room of the juvenile justice system. >> brown: in charge of the day- to-day is superintendent leonard dixon, who has run juvenile institutions across the country - most recently in detroit - and is known as a reformer. >> i believe in jails, i don't have a problem with that. my issue is what do you do with people when you get them in there. and what kind of services are you providing so that you can get them back out in society, so they can do well. >> brown: this facility is predominantly african-american. >> yeah, it's- >> brown: far higher percentage than the county. >> there's no question about it. 96% of the kids in he