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Are California counties ready to handle juvenile offenders now that state youth prisons are shuttered?

By Brian Rinker | August 17, 2023

In the months leading up to the June 30 shutdown of California’s more than 100-year-old lockups for juveniles, teenagers through 25-year-olds convicted of crimes such as robbery, rape and murder were transferred to county-run juvenile detention facilities nearer to their homes.

Funding, Oversight Next Questions for Florida’s Private Youth Prison System

By Sarah Barr | August 29, 2016

By the end of the summer, Florida will have cut all ties with youth prison contractor Youth Services International, a company that’s been plagued by allegations of abuse and substandard conditions for decades.

Why Youth Prisons Are Like Leeches

By Mishi Faruqee | February 23, 2016

Imagine you are feeling sick and your doctor hands you this hand-scrawled prescription: LEECH THERAPY. If you are like me, you may run out of the doctor’s office screaming.