What was once the nation’s largest network of youth prisons is no more.
California’s final remaining youth prisons shuttered on June 30, marking an end to a 132-year-old statewide correctional system plagued by violence and abuse. Youths previously in custody under the California Division of Juvenile Justice have all been spread across the state’s 58 counties.
Coinciding with last week’s historic closures was an announcement that a controversial nonprofit formed to help facilitate the transition of youths from state-run facilities to their home counties would also be winding down.
