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New juvenile initiative begins
By San Jose Mercury News
Published: 09/05/2007

CALIFORNIA - Starting this week, the state will limit who it accepts in youth prisons, forcing East Bay juvenile authorities to find a way to lock up others.

The state's Juvenile Justice Department, formerly the California Youth Authority, will accept only male minors whose most recent offenses are of the most serious nature, such as murder, kidnapping and robbery. The aim is to cut in half the 2,600 wards in the state's Department of Juvenile Justice over the next two years. Read more.

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