Georgia, Kentucky Reforms That Use Alternatives to Detention Also Save Money [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 3/6/1512:00 PM

Sweeping statewide juvenile justice reforms in Georgia and Kentucky are saving millions of dollars while stressing more effective alternatives than detention for low-level offenders, a new report says.

The 11-page report by the National Conference of State Legislatures provides a snapshot of recent reforms, ranging from broad, statewide efforts like those in Georgia and Kentucky to more narrowly focused initiatives.

“Georgia and Kentucky were very dedicated to reform and had a lot of buy-in to really study what the issues were and so they did a ‘deep dive,’” said the report’s author, Anne S. Teigen, NCSL’s program principal for criminal justice.

[For more of this story, written by Gary Gately, go to http://jjie.org/georgia-kentuc...o-save-money/108446/]

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