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| States see marked drop in juvenile prison populations as reforms take hold |
| By washingtonpost.com- Reid Wilson |
| Published: 01/29/2015 |
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A falling crime rate and new reforms to the way juveniles are treated by the criminal justice system have dramatically cut the number of young people in state prisons, according to a new report that highlights the success of some of those reforms. The report, published by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, focuses on Texas, where a series of reforms passed by the legislature beginning in 2007 have helped keep thousands of juvenile offenders closer to home. Texas lawmakers passed those reforms after public outrage over a series of abuses taking place in state-run prison facilities, in which young inmates were attacked by other inmates and assaulted by corrections staffers. Then-governor Rick Perry joined Democratic and Republican lawmakers in calling for new methods that would help keep young offenders out of the state’s prison system. Read More. |
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