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28 cze 2023 · California’s state-run youth correctional system, the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), is set to close at the end of June 2023, bringing an end to the state’s 132 -year history of systemic abuse. To mark this historic moment, our report details DJJ ’s shameful past and examines its lessons for the future.
- Juvenile Corrections Reform in CA
On June 30, 2023, California closed its state-run youth...
- Juvenile Corrections Reform in CA
14 sie 2024 · States with no youth in their adult prisons are: Alaska, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
2 cze 2023 · After a two-year wind-down, California is in the final weeks of closing its notoriously grim youth prison system, a landmark moment that arrives as juvenile crime hovers at near-record lows...
The DJJ provided services to juvenile offenders, ranging in age from twelve to 25, in facilities and on parole, and worked closely with law enforcement, the courts, district attorneys, public defenders, probation offices and other public and private agencies involved with the problems of youth.
On June 30, 2023, California closed its state-run youth correctional system, the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). DJJ, formerly the California Youth Authority (CYA), had a 132-year history of neglect and abuse.
14 sie 2023 · Reports of unsanitary living conditions, physical and sexual abuse, and even fight clubs run by staff plagued the state for years, and in 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 823, legislation that would close California’s state-run youth prison system.
2 maj 2024 · In 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 823 into law, requiring the state’s youth prisons to shut down by June 30, 2023, and disallowed counties from sending youth to DJJ as of July 1, 2021. SB 823 called for counties to provide the “least restrictive appropriate environment.”
