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Senate committee hears national trends and DCYF progress on juvenile rehabilitation
Summary
Committee work session featured a national overview from NCSL, a DCYF briefing on a new Behavior Management System and Harbor Heights capacity updates, and local perspectives on detention reform and community programs.
Anne Teegan of the National Conference of State Legislatures told the Senate Human Services Committee on Jan. 26 that states are broadly moving to rebalance juvenile sentencing toward community-based programs and away from the most extreme punishments, citing Supreme Court rulings and nine legislative trends now visible across the country.
Teegan, NCSL’s associate director covering juvenile justice, described reforms including limits on life without parole for juveniles, expanded diversion and reentry supports, strengthened due-process protections for youth, and efforts to reduce fines and fees that create collateral consequences. She pointed committee members to NCSL’s juvenile justice database for the bills…
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