Making Juvenile Hall the Mental Health Provider of Last – Not First – Resort

Dec. 18, 2015 / By New America Media
Tags: Juvenile Justice, mental health

As many as 70 percent of the kids in California’s juvenile detention centers are in need of mental health care, and most of them are not getting it.

AB 2276 Would Catch Incarcerated Kids, Before They Slip Through the Cracks

Sep. 5, 2014 / By Michael Lozano
Tags: jails, Juvenile Justice, Prison, Prison Complex System

Of the roughly 42,000 youth who attend California’s juvenile court schools each year, only 20 percent successfully re-enroll within 30 days of their release from the system.