March 2, 2010
Camarillo gets more offenders as CYA closes other centers
The number of offenders at the California Youth Authority’s Camarillo detention center has more than doubled in recent months as the state’s largest juvenile prison closed and the Division of Juvenile Justice was restructured, corrections officials said.
Nearly 380 wards were being held last week in Camarillo, compared with 176 when authorities announced in August that the Herman G. Stark facility in Chino would close, officials said. Chino officially closed last week, making Camarillo and Norwalk the only remaining juvenile prison sites in Southern California.
“We made a very conscious effort to keep the majority of the youth who were in Stark in Southern California so they would have access to their families,” said Bill Sessa, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...
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