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NO PLACE FOR KIDS
Prepared by Nate Balis, Senior Associate for National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) Webinar
April 30, 2013
Juvenile Incarceration Trends
*Source: Texas Juvenile Justice Department
TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION COMMITMENTS & JUVENILE ARRESTS1997-2010*
Texas serves as one of the more striking examples of how scandal and policy change can impact incarceration
By 2006, Texas Youth Commission commitments were at a seven-year high point, even as arrests had fallen slightly In 2007, Senate Bill 103 was signed into law which, among other things, barred commitment of misdemeanors Between 2006 and 2010, commitments declined by 62%, compared with a 17% drop in arrests
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 -
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
-
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
5,000
Arrests Commitments
Senate Bill 103 bans commitment for misdemeanor
offenses
1980-1995 1995-2010
-90%
-80%
-70%
-60%
-50%
-40%
-30%
-20%
-10%
0%
-74%
-83%
-3%
-70%
San Francisco Other Big County Average
Local practice reforms and state policy reforms have had large impacts on commitment rates in California
Incarceration rates across all of the highest committing counties dropped following major juvenile justice legislation in 1996 (counties
paying share of cost) and 2007 (restricting who could be committed)
YOUTH COMMITMENT RATES PER 1,000 FELONY ARRESTS, SAN FRANCISCO VS. SIX OTHER HIGHEST COMMITTING COUNTIES IN 1980
While commitment rates remained virtually unchanged in California’s other high committing
counties, San Francisco experienced a very large decline following the implementation of a series dispositional case planning reforms in the 1980s
*Admissions based on Alabama Department of Youth Services data..
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES ADMISSIONS2001-2012*
In Alabama, juvenile justice reform helped initiate and later sustain declines in commitments
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20121,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
2,899
3,340
1,464
JDAI & Casey consulting launch
at invitation of Governor & Chief
Justice
AL Juv. Justice Act
passes unanimously
DYS begins competitive grant program for local non-residential
services
In spite of falling crime since the mid-1990s, commitments were on the rise in the mid-2000s
Re-election of Gov. Bob Riley and election of former family court judge Sue Bell Cobb as Chief Justice sparked bi-partisan support for JJ reform
Push to reduce commitments spearheaded locally by JDAI sites, but spread quickly to other localities
Data-driven DYS grants program incentivized reductions in commitments
Since 2006, DYS admissions have declined by 56%
Nate BalisSenior AssociateJuvenile Justice Strategy Group Center for Systems Innovation
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