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Transforming Juvenile Justice
Two years after being designated as a site for the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis) is seeing far fewer youth enter lockup each day.
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Two years after being designated as a site for the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis) is seeing far fewer youth enter lockup each day. Thousands of youth have been diverted to alternative programs and lower-risk offenders are being sent home pre-trial, as opposed to being detained. Early data show stark positive changes taking hold, without a surge in juvenile crime. The third year of JDAI in Marion County will focus on addressing racial disparities in the juvenile justice system.
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34 states have enacted "once an adult, always an adult" statues, meaning that a youth who is convicted in adult court will typically remain in adult court, regardless of the offense. [ more facts]
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