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CA: Group cites deep flaws in juvenile justice plan

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Group cites deep flaws in juvenile justice plan By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer January 06, 2009 6:00 AM SAN ANDREAS - The $93 million effort to reform California's juvenile justice system by transferring many young offenders to county custody is deeply flawed, with inadequate guidelines for how the money should be spent and contains no system for tracking the effectiveness of local programs, according to a report being issued today by the Prison Law Office. The Prison Law Office is a nonprofit advocacy group that has participated in lawsuits over the treatment of wards at former California Youth Authority facilities in Stockton and elsewhere. Those suits resulted in agreements that have dramatically reduced the number of youths locked up in state facilities...continue to full post

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