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Eighty-one years after California incarcerated its first 'ward,' the state's notoriously grim youth prison system is shutting down. But will young offenders fare any better in county lockups?
– Thursday morning, California State Corrections Officials opened a 67-year-old time capsule installed during construction of the Paso Robles Boys School on Airport Road. Among those who spoke at the event, former Boys School Director Dave Bacigalupo talked about the history of the youth correction facility. Corrections Juvenile Services Director Heather Bowlds shared her perspective on the school's role in serving the State of California.
A time capsule from 1954 was opened Thursday at the vacant Paso Robles Juvenile Facility on Airport Road, ahead of demolition and construction plans.
Print Eighty years after California created separate incarceration facilities to spare teenagers from being locked up alongside adults, the state has pledged to begin the shutdown of its long-troubled and frequently violent youth prisons. The planned dismantling of the Division of Juvenile Justice, or DJJ, comes after years of scandal and mistreatment of young offenders, which spurred multiple reform efforts and more than a decade of state court oversight that ended in 2016. The shutdown mirrors changes across the country — embracing rehabilitation over punishment and confinement close to h...
As California preps to 'transform' its youth prisons, can counties take up the slack? James Rainey © (Steve Yeater / Associated Press) Inmates at the O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton. (Steve Yeater / Associated Press) Eighty years after California created separate incarceration facilities to spare teenagers from being locked up alongside adults, the state has pledged to begin the shutdown of its long-troubled and frequently violent youth prisons. The planned dismantling of the Division of Juvenile Justice, or DJJ, comes after years of scandal and mistreatm...