October 5, 2011
New report says locking up youth is counterproductive in CA
A new report by the Annie E Casey Foundation concludes keeping juveniles incarcerated is counterproductive, as recidivism rates are close to 70 percent.
Before the State of California decided to hand over thousands of adult criminals to county jurisdictions, it had already begun to transition juveniles to local supervision.
Jo Pastore heads San Diego's Public Defenders Juvenile Office. She said - unlike the concerns about the adult transfer - the transfer of juveniles was readily accepted. She said unlike Los Angeles, San Diego never sent many juveniles to state prison, so the numbers are small. Only about two or three juveniles a month are returning to San Diego...
LINK - KPBS.org
