Published by ED Source
Arrests, detentions, and placements of girls in California’s juvenile justice system are “steadily declining” to numbers “low enough to put ending incarceration well within reach for the state,” according to a new report.
The report, “Freedom and Justice: Ending the Incarceration of Girls and Gender-Expansive Youth in California,” was compiled by Vera Institute of Justice, a national nonprofit criminal justice policy advocacy organization, and Young Women’s Freedom Center, a statewide organization that supports youth impacted by the justice system.