California State Youth Detention Facilities Are Closed. What Happens to Incarcerated Youth Now?

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🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Plagued by years of abuse allegations, the California Department of Juvenile Justice and the youth facilities it ran, were shut down earlier this summer. Criminal justice reform advocates considered the closures a victory, but now have other concerns. They contend most relocated youth are being moved into juvenile hall facilities that were not designed for long-term detentions and that lack adequate rehabilitation programs and resources. County probation chiefs have also raised concerns that kids who left for state facilities with no history of drug problems or gang affiliations are returning to their home counties with both, raising questions about the conditions within the waning days of state facilities. We talk to experts about those allegations, the stories shared by children coming out of state care, and the future of juvenile justice in California. Guests: Dan Macallair, executive director and co-founder, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Marlon Yarber, chief probation officer, Sacramento County Israel Salazar Villa, deputy director, California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice Jason Okonofua, assistant professor, Psychology Department, University of California Berkeley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.2	Music from KQED in San Francisco, I'm Marisa Lagos. California shut down its state-run youth lockups at the end of June and dissolved its troubled Department of Juvenile Justice,
0:55.0	a system plagued by years of abuse allegations.
0:58.1	Criminal justice reform advocates say the closures are a victory, but they now have other concerns.
1:03.6	And county probation chiefs are raising concerns that kids who left for state facilities with no
1:08.4	history of drug problems or gang affiliations are returning
1:11.8	to their home counties with both. They want an investigation. Today we're talking to experts about
1:17.2	those allegations, the story shared by children coming out of state care, and the future of
1:21.6	juvenile justice in California. That's all coming up right after this news.
1:38.3	Welcome to Forum. I'm Marisa Lagos.
1:45.5	On June 30th, California ended its more than a century-old practice of locking up juvenile offenders in state facilities.
1:52.5	Moving forward, youths accused of committing crimes will stay closer to home, their treatment overseen by county probation officials.
2:01.4	The change comes after steep declines in youth crime rates, changes in state law that allow young people to stay in the juvenile justice system well past their 18th birthday,
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