The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities

November 28, 2006 The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention &  Other Secure Facilities This policy brief looks at the consequences of detention on young people, their families, and communities. The writers show that detaining youth may not make communities safer and that the costs of institutional-style detention for young people disproportionately affect youth from minority groups and youth with substance abuse or mental health problems. Detention also raises the risk that detained youth will offend again . . .