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County juvenile-justice commission outlines reforms, warns prevention must start in elementary schools
Summary
Sanonteo County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention commissioners briefed the Daily City school board on reforms, local juvenile trends and prevention efforts, including a school-district liaison initiative and a countywide prevention conference scheduled for Jan. 7.
Johanna Rasmmanson, chair of the Sanonteo County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission, told the Daily City Unified School District board that recent state reforms and local prevention work are reshaping how youth are handled in the justice system.
Rasmmanson said juvenile cases are decided by judges and that the system’s emphasis is rehabilitation, not punishment. She cited the 2023 closure of California youth prisons and listed recent laws she said have limited youth transfers and strengthened youth protections, including SB 203 (attorney hotline for detained youth), SB 439 (prohibiting prosecution of children 11 and younger),…
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