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Macomb juvenile justice center to layoff 25 workers
By freep.com- Christina Hall
Published: 10/08/2015

Macomb County is planning about 25 layoffs at its juvenile justice center as the number of youth in the detention and residential treatment center has declined -- a trend that officials there said is occurring across the region and state as youth are placed in less-restrictive services.

The announcement today came a day after a bi-partisan group of legislators from metro Detroit introduced a package of bills in Lansing that would raise the age when a juvenile is considered an adult in the criminal justice system from 17 to 18 years old.

Michigan is one of nine states that automatically prosecutes 17-year-olds as adults, according to a release from Michigan United. The bills would allow youth to be transferred to the adult system on a case-by-case basis, state Rep. Peter Lucido, R-Shelby Township, said in a news release from the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency.

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