January 31, 2011
Brown looks to turn over juvenile offenders to Calif. counties
Government reformers and youth advocates have long called for California to get out of the business of juvenile corrections.
Now they're backing Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to eliminate the state Division of Juvenile Justice and give counties responsibility for the state's worst young offenders.
Brown wants to eliminate the division in three years. High costs, poor treatment and other shortcomings have made the agency a target of critics...
LINK - SacBee.com
