1990 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, no instances of a status offender held in secure detention were recorded in 1990, as compared with 485 violations in the baseline year of 1976. 135 separation violations were recorded in 1990, representing an 84% reduction from the 1976 baseline and 60% from 1989. 99 jail removal violations occurred, representing a 89% reduction from the 1980 baseline and an 60% reduction from 1989.

Publication Date

10-13-1991

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., "1990 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Compliance Monitoring Report" (1991). Reports. 90.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_justice_reports/90

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/7502