Detention
Research and tools related to the secure confinement of youth pre-adjudication (pre-trial) or awaiting placement.
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Innovation Brief: Local Detention Reform Leading to State Adoption of Best Practice Detention Standards
- Dec 12, 2013, Dana Kaplan
- Statewide standards for juvenile detention facilities were produced through a collaborative effort utilizing and accelerating local reforms from Models for Change sites in Louisiana. These standards…
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Illinois Juvenile Monitoring Information System: Statewide Detention Data System (brief)
- Dec 1, 2013, Illinois Models for Change: Illinois Juvenile Justice Research and Information Consortium
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Toolkit: How to Calculate the Average Costs of Detaining a Youth
- May 9, 2013, National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN)
- Do you know what it costs to detain a youth in your community? Do policymakers? Advocates and system stakeholders frequently lack complete and accurate cost data that could give them a fuller…
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Compliance with the PREA Standards for Facilities that House Youth
- Dec 1, 2012, CCLP
- Compliance with the PREA Standards for Facilities That House Youth
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Fact Sheet: Chemical Agents in Juvenile Facilities
- Dec 1, 2012, CCLP
- Chemical Agents in Juvenile Facilities
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Fact Sheet: Independent Monitoring Systems for Juvenile Facilities
- Dec 1, 2012, CCLP
- Independent Monitoring Systems for Juvenile Facilities
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Louisiana Juvenile Detention Facility Licensing Standards
- Dec 1, 2012, Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
- Louisiana Juvenile Detention Facility
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Louisiana Promulgated Detention Standards (Louisiana Register Vol. 38, No.2 February 20, 2012)
- Dec 1, 2012, Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
- The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Division of Programs, Licensing Section in accordance with provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:953(B) proposes to adopt LAC…
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The Harmful Use of Isolation in Juvenile Facilities: The Need for Post-Disposition Representation
- Dec 1, 2012, Washington University Journal of Law & Policy; Models for Change Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network
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Understanding the Impact of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards on Facilities That House Youth
- Dec 1, 2012, CCLP
- Understanding the Impact of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards on Facilities That House Youth
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Fact Sheet: Understanding the BJS Study of Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities
- Dec 1, 2010, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Understanding the BJS Study of Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities
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A Template for Profiling Detention Centers Regarding Mental Health Services
- Aug 17, 2009, Valerie Williams, Thomas Grisso
- This document was created for use as a survey tool. The information gathered provides a description of a detention center's daily operations, programs, and use of mental health services, including…
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Berks County, Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Risk Assessment
- Apr 1, 2008, Dana Shoenberg
- The Berks County Juvenile Detention Risk Assessment Instrument Report documents the results of an eight month test of a draft Juvenile Detention Assessment Instrument in Berks County, Pennsylvania…
