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Agency: Juvenile Rehabilitation remains over capacity as adult-sentence intakes grow
Summary
DCYF juvenile-rehabilitation leaders told the committee that Green Hill School and other secure placements remain overcrowded because lengthening adult-sentence intakes (jurisdiction to age 25) have increased length of stay; DCYF cited staffing, space limits and stepped-up transition services as mitigation steps.
Jennifer Redmond, assistant secretary of Juvenile Rehabilitation at the Department of Children, Youth and Families, told a legislative committee the system is small and sensitive to small intake changes, and that recent policy shifts extending jurisdiction to age 25 have increased adult-sentence intakes and lengths of stay.
"At Green Hill School today, 74 young people have a release date, an adult release date that extends beyond age 25," Redmond said, describing a Green Hill population she placed at about 210. She added that the agency's "safe operating capacity" benchmark is 180 and that double-bunking and limited program access remain problems.
Redmond said the department has pursued several interventions to…
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