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Juvenile services: KJCC holds older, higher‑risk youth; KDOC, providers and law enforcement debate HB 2329 changes to juvenile code
Summary
Deputy Secretary Megan Milner said the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex now houses largely older, higher‑risk adolescents, and multiple witnesses told the committee the state lacks sufficient in‑state capacity for short‑term crisis stabilization and secure psychiatric residential treatment for complex cases.
Kansas juvenile services officials told the Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice that the juvenile facility population has shifted toward older teenagers and higher‑risk cases and that gaps remain in short‑term crisis and complex psychiatric residential capacity.
Who is in KJCC: KDOC Deputy Secretary Megan Milner said most youth at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex (KJCC) are older adolescents: “95 percent of the youth ... are 16 years old and older,” and 64% of the KJCC population was 18 or older at the time of her presentation. She said that under 2016 reforms (Senate Bill 367), admissions are concentrated among moderate‑to‑high‑risk youth and that KJCC must focus programming for older adolescents nearing transfer to adult custody in some cases.
Behavioral health and detention screening: KDOC has rolled out GAIN screening in juvenile detention centers and used a $1.6…
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