Joint Committees on Children & Youth and Technology & Information Services 10-29-2025

Joint Committee on Children and Youth & Committee on Technology and Information Services · October 29, 2025

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The hearing begins with attendance being taken and a quorum established for the Committee of Children and Youth and Technology and Information Services.

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A joint City Council hearing examined Philadelphia's use of GPS electronic monitoring for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Young people and advocates described emotional, social and practical harms from long monitoring periods, technical malfunctions and financial burdens; probation, court and DHS officials defended GPS as a public-safety tool and an alternative to detention and said the city funds roughly 350 units. Panels agreed on need for better data, clearer rules, more transparency and stronger community-based supports.

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