1989 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Compliance Monitoring Report

Authors

• Read E. N/A
• N. E. Schafer

Files

Description

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) mandates removal of status offenders and nonoffenders from secure detention and correctional facilities, sight and sound separation of juveniles and adults, and removal of juveniles from adult jails and lockups. In Alaska, two instances of a status offender held in secure detention were recorded in 1989; but both satisfied the "valid court order" exception, so were not counted as violations; by comparison, there were 485 violations in the baseline year of 1976. 336 separation violations were recorded in 1989, representing a 60% reduction from the 1976 baseline and 41% from 1988. 249 jail removal violations occurred, representing a 71% reduction from the 1980 baseline and an 39% reduction from 1988.

Publication Date

12-3-1990

Keywords

Alaska, jails, juvenile corrections, juvenile jail monitoring, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA)

Recommended Citation

N/A, Read E. and Schafer, N. E., "1989 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Compliance Monitoring Report" (1990). Reports. 89.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_justice_reports/89

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/7501