Juvenile
Apr. 27, 2006
Violence-Prone Youth Authority Still Fails Its Children, Its Taxpayers
Forum Column - By Sue Burrell and Jonathan Laba - Beginning in 2000, the California Youth Authority , the state's institutional system for our most serious juvenile offenders, occupied the headlines on a regular basis. Local and national media reported rampant violence, staff-on-ward beatings, canine attacks, multiple suicides, extended 23-hour lockdowns, and kids going to school in cages.
By Sue Burrell and Jonathan Laba
Beginning in 2000, the California Youth Authority, the state's institutional system for our most serious juvenile offenders, occupied the headlines on a regular basis. Local and national media reported rampant violence, staff-on-ward beatings, canine attacks, multiple suicides, extended 23-hour lockdowns, and kids going to school in cages...
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