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New York Brings Juvenile Justice ‘Close to Home’
By jjie.org - Dominique Lemoine
Published: 06/13/2013

NEW YORK–New York’s juvenile justice system is slowly being overhauled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Close To Home initiative, a set of proposals designed to keep youth close to their communities and facilitate their return to society.

_Close To Home_ Non-Secure Placements - Google Fusion TablesLast fall, about 200 juvenile delinquents were transferred from non-secure facilities upstate to equally secure, residential facilities in the city and placed in or close to their communities. By the end of this year, at least 130 city juveniles who have been detained in limited-secure facilities in New York state are also scheduled to be moved. Non-secure facilities do not rely on physically restricting constructions or hardware. Confinement and escape are not a primary concern. Limited-secure facilities have certain security measures, such as fences and locked room doors.

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