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| Report outlines flaws in Kansas' juvenile justice system |
| By m.cjonline.com- Tim Carpenter |
| Published: 03/05/2015 |
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The juvenile justice system in Kansas functions inadequately due to a tangled organizational structure, inappropriate assignment of youths to detention facilities, poor use of mental health and substance abuse evaluations and overreliance on lengthy periods of incarceration, a consultant’s report said Wednesday. The analysis indicated Kansas operated without statewide guidelines for determining the appropriate level of supervision for juvenile offenders by local and state agencies. The Kansas Department of Corrections and local authorities aren’t linked by computer to coherently manage youths and the collection of statistical information on offenders falls short. In addition, the report said the state’s allocation of block grants to local providers was based on the number of people served rather than performance outcomes. The $16 million spent annually on private residential placement doesn’t guarantee effective treatment, the report said. The evaluation by the nonpartisan Council of State Governments indicated these and other factors contributed to a youth recidivism rate in Kansas higher than the national average. Read More. |
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