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Some California Youth Authority juvenile prisons were known as "Gladiator Schools" by the wards who were incarcerated there. An oral history of stories from inside the California Youth Authority is documented by David Reeve (2017-2024).
For Victims Services, visit https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/victim-services/juvenile-program/ or email victimservices@cdcr.ca.gov. For Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) information, visit https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/juvenile-justice/division-of-juvenile-justice-djj/prea/.
2 cze 2023 · Eighty-one years after California incarcerated its first 'ward,' the state's notoriously grim youth prison system is shutting down. But will young offenders fare any better in county...
30 cze 2023 · SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today announced the last youths in the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) have been transferred to counties, completing juvenile justice realignment as required under Senate Bill 823.
17 sie 2023 · In the months leading up to the June 30 shutdown of California’s more than 100-year-old lockups for juveniles, teenagers through 25-year-olds convicted of crimes such as robbery, rape and murder were transferred to county-run juvenile detention facilities nearer to their homes.
5 lip 2023 · California has moved responsibility for youth prisons to the county level, the final step toward local control in a yearslong reform effort aimed at keeping young offenders closer to home and prioritizing rehabilitation over punishment.
15 lut 2021 · Eighty years after California created separate incarceration facilities to spare teenagers from being locked up alongside adults, the state has pledged to begin the shutdown of its long-troubled...
