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| Youth-offender system works, sometimes |
| By durangoherald.com- Chase Olivarius-Mcallister |
| Published: 08/04/2015 |
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Public perception holds that compared with serving time in a Department of Corrections prison, youth-offender programs are a cakewalk. Yet weeks after Bayfield’s Logan Griffith, 20, was sentenced to six years in the Youthful Offender System after pleading guilty to committing armed robbery, Durango criminal defense attorneys say the program is anything but easy. Youthful Offender System YOS is a medium-security prison in Pueblo designed for young people who commit felony crimes of violence – including assaults, robberies, burglaries and murder – between the ages of 14 and 19 and are sentenced before their 21st birthday. Unlike Corrections Department prisons, YOS is a highly structured environment that offers inmates intensive cognitive, academic and professional training. Read More. |
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