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Discussion of Transition and Reentry issues of out of home (treatment, detention, sheltered, etc.) youth back to their families and communities. Frequently these youth have fallen behind in their schooling, have reduced motivation, and lack skills to navigate requirements to successfully re-enter school programs or even to move ahead with their dreams.

How New York City Achieved an Historic Drop in Youth Detention Admissions [jjie.org]

 

This year has been one of the most transformative years in history for New York’s juvenile justice system. Just a month after one of New York’s most groundbreaking juvenile justice reforms, Raise the Age, became a reality, New York City took a wrecking ball to the decades-old Spofford Juvenile Detention Centers in the Bronx.

For too long, Spofford served as a symbol of misguided approaches to juvenile delinquency. The demolition of Spofford along with the implementation of Raise the Age means a sea change for New York City’s juvenile justice system. But make no mistake, for many years now New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has been chipping away at an antiquated juvenile justice system and sculpting it into one that is more focused on reducing overall youth detention admissions all while supporting families and communities.

Spofford’s demolition and the implementation of Raise the Age coincide with a historic drop in the number of young people admitted to juvenile detention, a drop that didn’t happen overnight. From 2009 to 2018, New York City experienced a 70 percent decline in the number of youth admitted to detention centers. On any given day in fiscal year 2009, there were approximately 430 youth in detention. That’s a stark contrast to June of this year when there were fewer than 80 youth detained in New York City. And, in that same period of time, New York City saw a 70 percent plunge in youth arrests, suggesting a decrease in overall crime committed by teens.
 
[For more on this story by Felipe Franco, go to https://jjie.org/2018/12/10/ho...etention-admissions/]

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