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  • CA: State, nonprofit reach settlement over juvenile justice reforms

    07/14/2006 7:26:18 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 2 replies · 165+ views
    AP - Monterey County Herald ^ | Jul. 14, 2006 | DON THOMPSON
    SACRAMENTO - California will have to revamp the way it incarcerates juvenile offenders by using smaller and more modern lockups to replace the warehouse-style prisons it currently uses, according to a court-mandated report from the state corrections department. The report marks a compromise between the state and a nonprofit legal center and is the latest indication of how attempts to solve systematic problems in the state's corrections department will end up costing California taxpayers. The state already faces hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs to reform its adult prison system and the way it manages inmate health care....