Tennessee Proposes Reforms For State Juvenile Justice System To Improve Outcomes

On December 7, 2017, the Ad-hoc Tennessee Blue Ribbon Task Force on Juvenile Justice proposed reforms to improve outcomes in the juvenile justice system. The reforms could decrease the number of offending youths placed out of their homes, and could save the state $36 million over five years.

These findings were reported in "Joint Ad Hoc Tennessee Blue Ribbon Task Force On Juvenile Justice Final Report." The Task Force is made up of representatives from the legislature, governor’s office, judges and court administrators, law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation, leadership from state agencies, and key justice system stakeholders . . .