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CT: Gov. delays sending 16 & 17 year old youth to juvenile system

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Criminal justice initiative clipped in Rell budget By Keith M. Phaneuf Journal Inquirer Published: Thursday, February 5, 2009 HARTFORD ? Though criminal justice initiatives traditionally are one area both political parties insist are immune to budget cuts, even they may not be safe in this economic climate. The budget proposal Gov. M. Jodi Rell unveiled Wednesday would delay for two years an initiative to transfer most 16- and 17-year-offenders from the adult courts to the juvenile system. That switch, which was supposed to occur in January 2010, would be delayed until January 2012. Municipal leaders urged Rell to order this delay, noting that the switch would place an added financial burden on their police departments and other forms of support services...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 06, 2009 (boomark / email).