Getting to Zero Juveniles in Adult Jail is Halfway Home with a Long Way to Go
"A new report
finds that while juveniles housed in adult jails have dropped more than
50 percent from a recent peak of 7,600 on a single day in 2010, there
are still at least 32,000 — and as many as 60,000 by some measures —
youths entering adult jails each year.
The report from UCLA Law School, 'Getting to Zero,'
offers a mix of optimism and alarm: Several states have moved in the
last few years to limit sharply the number of youth in adult jails,
among them New York, California and North Carolina, but the risks to
those who are in adult jails remain shockingly high. Youth under 18 in
adult jails are 36 times more likely to commit suicide than youth in
juvenile detention — and more than 400 percent more likely to be
sexually abused than those in juvenile facilities"
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