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Young criminals moving from state custody to counties

By Jason Siegel

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Hundreds of young people will be move from state custody to be locked up or supervised in their home counties, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

The move is part of a 2004 court-ordered overhaul of the state's Division of Juvenile Justice and will mean a one-third reduction in the number young offenders taken custody of by the state. State juvenile prisons won't accept people who've committed crimes like assault, kidnapping and carjacking under a law that went into effect in September.

Given funding constraints San Diego County plans to house offenders for between nine and 16 months, compared to the usual four year sentence at state facilities. As a result, county prosecutors told the Tribune that they'll file stiffer charges against some offenders that require sentencing at a state facility.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on April 09, 2008 (boomark / email).

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