The Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Jun. 18, 2009
ANNOTATION: “This policy brief details how states can see a net reduction in costs by moving expenditures away from large, congruent care facilities (often called “training schools”) for youth and investing in community-based alternatives” (p.1). Sections of this document include: introduction; juvenile justice definitions; current trend -- more youth are being caught up in the juvenile justice system; locking up youth can be costly for states; shifting the fiscal architecture of state juvenile justice systems can save money and improve outcomes; conditions litigation can be costly result of mass incarceration of youth; confinement can have negative consequences for youth and communities; locking up more youth does not improve public safety; community-based programs are proven, cost-effective alternatives to imprisonment; recommendations; negative impacts of confinement; and community-based programs that work.
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