“California has reduced the number of young people in custody, but it has not reduced the system built to confine them. Counties are now responsible for maintaining an infrastructure that far exceeds any legitimate public safety need. The result is a system that continues to absorb public resources while producing little public benefit.
As long as these facilities remain open, they will continue to be used. In California, the scale of incarceration is no longer driven by need — it is shaped by capacity.” — Daniel Macallair in The Imprint
Read the full piece, “California Built Too Many Youth Jails. Why Are We Still Paying To Keep Them Open?” on California’s juvenile justice system by CJCJ’s Executive Director Daniel Macallair below
California Built Too Many Youth Jails. Why Are We Still Paying To Keep Them Open?