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JDAI News provides readers with JDAI site updates and results of policy and practice reforms from the more than 100 JDAI sites in 23 states and the District of Columbia.
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Feature Story
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Crisis = Opportunity
In a little more than two years, Indianapolis overhauled its juvenile justice system. Operating under long-standing policies and practices, the detention facility was chronically overcrowded. Changes in leadership, a public scandal and radical reductions in the detention population all contributed to a systemwide transformation, turning a once-troubled jurisdiction into a model for the nation.
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From the Foundation
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Why is JDAI so Hard?
From the Foundation is an occasional column by Bart Lubow, Director of Programs for High-Risk Youth. In an excerpt from a speech at the first annual state-wide JDAI conference in Massachusetts, Lubow discusses the challenges inherent in doing detention reform.
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JDAI Site Updates
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New Program to Grow and Strengthen JDAI Leaders
The Casey Foundation has established the JDAI Applied Leadership Network as a vehicle to build influential leaders committed to detention reform as a means to achieving significant system reform in juvenile justice. |
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New Missouri Evening Reporting Center
An evening reporting center opened in Greene County, Mo. The program allows youth to be under court supervision while continuing to reside at home and attend school. |
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Detention Reformers Gather in Massachusetts
State and county officials and representatives from police departments, schools and youth-serving organizations gathered for the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services’ first statewide JDAI Conference. |
JDAI in the News
JDAI Newsmakers
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JDAI Transitions: Judith Cox
One of JDAI’s most accomplished reformers, Judith A. Cox, retired as Santa Cruz County, Calif., chief probation officer in July 2008.
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Juvenile Justice News
Group Home Placements Double Risk for Delinquency
Results from a new study found that youth in the child welfare system who enter group homes are about 2 1/2 times more likely to enter the juvenile justice system compared to youth with similar backgrounds who are served in foster care. |
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