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California to phase out Division of Juvenile Justice, creating an opportunity for substantial reform

Next summer, California will begin closing its three youth detention centers and shift the responsibility of juvenile justice onto the state’s 58 counties, ending an 80-year history of detention facilities that have been criticized for wanton violence and widespread racial disparities. Under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in September, three Division of […]

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