Disposition/placement

Title IV-E for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Fact Sheet

Title IV-E for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

Categories: Disposition/placement, Title IV-E funding

Youth Returning to the Community from Juvenile Justice Facilities: A Guide for Advocates

No child should remain in custody due to the lack of a reentry plan. Now...

Categories: Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Detention, Disposition/placement, Education, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Public Benefits/Funding, Reducing Incarceration, Secure Juvenile Facilities

SB 1143 Support Letter – Request for Signature

Letter to Governor Brown requesting his signature; a bill limiting use of solitary confinement for...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Legal/policy issues

Locked Up and Alone

Article exploring solitary confinement in juvenile facilities against the backdrop of SB 124 (Leno), currently...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement

San Diego City Beat “Legislation seeks to end isolation in juvenile facilities”

Article in San Diego City Beat on SB 124 (Leno), a in the California legislature...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Standards/enforcement

Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration

Report by the Justice Policy Institute outlining the costs of juvenile incarceration.

Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Collateral consequences, Detention, Disposition/placement, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources

Juvenile Justice Can Be Less Expensive and More Effective

Op-ed by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell on the cost of juvenile detention published by...

Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Collateral consequences, Detention, Disposition/placement, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources

Prison for Teen Who Lit “Agender” Youth’s Skirt on Fire Thwarts Healing

Blog, by Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell, for the Huffington Post, on the...

Categories: Adolescence, Disposition/placement, LGBTQ, Trying juveniles as adults

Challenging Lenthy Post-Disposition Commitments to Juvenile Halls

The purpose of this memorandum is to address ways to challenge the imposition of lengthy...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement

Ricardo M. – Cases on Commitment to Juvenile Hall

Cases on commitment to juvenile hall in chronological order. Note that the statutes have...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement

In re Sean W. Amicus

This is an amicus to a case that presents the question whether Senate Bill 459...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Division of Juvenile Facilities, Training school

Youth with Developmental Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System – Power point Presentation

This power point presentation summarizes the results of a survey of probation departments. It...

Categories: Detention, Developmental disabilities, Disposition/placement

Difficult to Place: Summary of Findings

This is a shorter version of the original report that presents the findings of Youth...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Placement delay

Probation Provisions in California’s Fostering Connections to Success Act – Powerpoint Presentation

On August 30, 2011, Jennifer Rodriguez and Maria Ramiu presented a webinar on “Probation Provisions...

Categories: AB 12, Disposition/placement, Foster care

DJJ’s Implementation of AB 1628 Transferring Post-Release Supervision to County Probation

This memo summarizes a presentation at a public meeting of the Juvenile Parole Board (JPB)...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Juveniles in Jails/Prisons

Difficult to Place: Youth with Mental Health Needs in California Juvenile Justice

This report presents the findings of Youth Law Center's research into placement issues for juvenile...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Mental health needs, Placement delay

The Human Impact of Crowding in Juvenile Detention

This article explores the human impact of crowding as actually observed in detention centers around...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Legal/policy issues