FY 1998 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Compliance Monitoring Report

Authors

• Atwell N/A
• N. E. Schafer
• Kelley Connor

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, 3 instances of status offenders held in secure detention were recorded in FY 1998, compared with 485 violations in the baseline year of CY 1976. 2 separation violations were recorded in FY 1998, representing a 99.8% reduction from the CY 1976 baseline of 824 violations. 57 jail removal violations were projected (52 (actual), representing an 93% reduction from the CY 1980 baseline.

Publication Date

1-13-1999

Keywords

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

Recommended Citation

N/A, Atwell; Schafer, N. E.; and Connor, Kelley, "FY 1998 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Compliance Monitoring Report" (1999). Reports. 98.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_justice_reports/98

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/7518