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Office of Youth and Community Restoration

8/31/2022

California’s Historic Shuttering of State-run Youth Prisons is Moving Forward, But Remains Far From its Progressive Vision

Nell Bernstein

As California's youth prisons close, each of the state's counties have submitted plans to house and rehabilitate youth closer to home.

Juvenile Court Judge Katherine Lucero Now Leads California’s Historic Migration from Punishment to Healing

3/9/2022

Juvenile Court Judge Katherine Lucero Now Leads California’s Historic Migration from Punishment to Healing

Julie Reynolds Martinez and Jeremy Loudenback

Juvenile Court Judge Katherine Lucero is leading California to its goal of eliminating youth prisons and shifting resources to healing.

California's youth prisons will close by 2023.

5/25/2021

Sound Off: California’s Youth Prison Closures

Katarina Sayally

Juvenile justice advocates sound off on California's plan to close youth prisons and develop the Office of Youth and Community Restoration.

California's youth prisons like the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility will close, leaving plans to house incarcerated youth to counties.

5/24/2021

As California Counties Add Youth Offenders, Advocates Want Strong State Oversight

Jeremy Loudenback

As a July 1 date approaches to halt admissions at California's youth prison system, some say the governor’s office has not invested enough.

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