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| Bipartisan Panel Reviewing Kansas’ Juvenile Justice System |
| By kmuw.org- Deborah Shaar |
| Published: 09/08/2015 |
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A bipartisan panel is doing a top-to-bottom review of the juvenile justice system in Kansas. The group is evaluating policies and practices to help develop reforms aimed at improving public safety and outcomes for young people in the system. The “Juvenile Justice Workgroup," as it's called, launched in June after a corrections legislative committee raised concerns about the effectiveness of the current juvenile system. The group is made up of representatives from all branches of state government as well as law enforcement. State Corrections Department spokesman Adam Pfannenstiel says juveniles might be best served in a community-based program with family support. Read More. |
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