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| CA to Close Another Youth Prison |
| By baycitizen.org - Trey Bundy |
| Published: 06/14/2011 |
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Monday that it will close one of two facilities for juvenile offenders in Southern California by early next year. The Southern Youth Reception Center and Clinic in Norwalk (Los Angeles County) is scheduled to close by January 2012 to reduce costs and improve the fiscal efficiency of the Division of Juvenile Justice, the state’s youth prison system, according to a CDCR press release. State officials expect the closure to reduce overall costs by $17 million by summer 2012 and $44 million the following fiscal year. The facility, which opened in 1954, currently houses 209 male juvenile offenders, who will transition to other DJJ facilities. The population of DJJ has fallen dramatically in recent years, from a peak of about 10,000 in 1996 to about 1,200 today, mostly due to dropping crime rates, the reluctance of some counties to send youth to state-run institutions and legislation allowing only the most serious offenders to be housed by the state. Only four state youth detention centers remain, down from 11 just eight years ago. Read More. |
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