As Juvenile Arrests Plummet, California Still Investing in Incarceration Facilities [ChronicleforSocialChange.org]
[California State Reform School in Whittier, 1910] Despite California’s steep decline in juvenile crime and incarceration rates, the state is spending millions of dollars helping counties finance the renovation and expansion of juvenile halls and camps. The California Board of State Community Corrections (BSCC), the agency overseeing adult and juvenile correctional facilities, will give out nearly $80 million available in lease-revenue bonds to support expansion of the bed capacity in...