Government,
Criminal
May 27, 2020
Counties preparing to handle all state juvenile delinquency matters
With just over six months to prepare for the initial phase of the shift, leaders in Los Angeles and San Francisco counties are bracing for the transition in different ways. And state leaders have concerns there aren’t enough policy mechanisms in place to allow for broad oversight of the transition.
Over the last two decades, California's youth correctional system has seen a tenfold decline in its inmate population, down from 10,000 in 1996 to less than 800 today. And within the next three years, that number will be zero if all goes according to Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to close the Division of Juvenile Justice by the end of 2023.
However, with just over six months to prepare for the initial phase of the shift, leaders in Los ...
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