Juvenile Detention Centers: On the Other Side of ‘Lock ‘Em Up,’ but Not Quite Trauma-Informed

From ACEs Too High News:

There are three ways to look at how the juvenile justice system is using modern practices to reduce youth crime and violence.

• One is what happens on the way to the detention center where a kid is held until trial — i.e., how the system decides which kids must be locked up, and who can live at home or in a group home until their trial date.
• The second is inside detention center walls — what happens to kids inside these mostly county-run centers while they’re awaiting trial.
• The third is inside the correctional facilities where youth serve out their sentences. These are usually run by states.

There’s a lot of progress in revamping what happens to kids on the way to detention centers — in fact, 300 sites in 39 states have changed their approach, with remarkable results, according to the 2014 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Progress Report.

There’s also stunning progress in modernizing the institutions where youth serve out their sentences.

Read more:

http://jjie.org/juvenile-deten...ite-trauma-informed/