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Local leaders press for juvenile‑justice fixes and more treatment beds in wake of 2016 code changes
Summary
During the en banc, the Sedgwick County district attorney and elected officials urged legislative action to address juvenile crime trends they link to the 2016 juvenile justice code changes and described pending bills that would increase detention limits, penalties for firearm use by juveniles and placements in residential beds.
District Attorney Mark Bennett and other leaders used the Oct. 29 en banc to urge collaborative action on juvenile‑justice reforms they say are needed after the 2016 rewrite of Kansas juvenile code (often referenced as SB 367).
Bennett described a range of consequences he attributes to the earlier reforms, including a decline in available group‑home or criminogenic residential placements and a growing number of juveniles arrested with handguns. "How many youth last year were booked into Jayhawk in possession of a…
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