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CA to close largest youth prison at Chino and convert it into an prison for men

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

California to close its largest juvenile prison The Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino will be converted into an adult prison. The move is part of a plan to 'right-size' staff at the Division of Juvenile Justice. By Michael Rothfeld August 28, 2009 Reporting from Sacramento - The state is closing California's largest youth prison as the population of juvenile offenders in state custody continues to decline, corrections officials announced Thursday. The Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino will be converted into an adult prison, state officials said. The move is part of a plan to "right-size" staff at the Division of Juvenile Justice, which is reducing its workforce by 400 employees by the end of this year to save the state up to $40 million, said Bernard Warner, the chief deputy secretary for the division...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 28, 2009 (boomark / email).