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Judiciary seeks juvenile bed capacity and statewide pretrial expansion amid detention and treatment shortages
Summary
Court leaders told the House Budget Committee they need more juvenile detention beds and additional pretrial services funding to reduce pretrial incarceration; the judiciary requested funding to add 24 beds across two circuits, and asked to expand pretrial programs in several circuits though the governor did not recommend the full expansion.
Missouri judicial leaders told the House Budget Committee they are facing increased juvenile detention demand and seek additional bed capacity and staffing, while separately urging expansion of statewide pretrial services to reduce unnecessary pretrial incarceration.
Betsy Ledgerwood described immediate juvenile needs tied to Raise-the-Age and changes at the Department of Youth Services. "We are holding youth that are potentially or and quite frankly are committing a higher level of crime because of the change in the certification…
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