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19 gru 2019 · Two out of every three confined youth are held in the most restrictive facilities — in the juvenile justice system’s versions of jails and prisons, or in actual adult jails and prisons. 4,535 confined youth — nearly 1 in 10 — are incarcerated in adult jails and prisons, where they face greater safety risks and fewer age-appropriate ...
14 sie 2024 · In 2022, 5 1,900 people under 18-years-old were held in an adult jail and 437 were serving sentences in an adult prison, representing an 84% decline from the peak year, 1997, when 14,500 youth were held in these facilities.
1 mar 2023 · The most recent Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (2019) found that the post-adjudication placement rate for Black youth was 3.6 times the rate for non-Hispanic white youth. For Tribal youth, the correctional confinement rate was three times that of white youth.
Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie Prison Policy Initiative, February, 2018 “This report provides an introductory snapshot of what happens when justice-involved youth are held by the state: where they are held, under what conditions, and for what offenses.”
Youth incarceration in Ohio has declined over the past 15 years: the average daily youth population in youth correctional facilities fell from 1,679 in 2005 to 530 in 2019 (figure 1).7 Moreover, the state’s youth parole population has fallen 85 percent between 2005 and 2019 (from 1,663 to 245). FIGURE 1.
19 gru 2019 · Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019 reveals failures in the juvenile justice system that mirror failures in the adult system, including: Unnecessary pretrial detention. On any given day, 9,500 youth – or 1 in 5 youth in confinement – are locked up before trial.
On any given day, over 48,000 youth in the United States are confined in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile justice or criminal justice involvement. Most are held in restrictive, correctional-style facilities, and thousands are held without even having had a trial.
