On December 20, 2019, the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) announced that the State's 2016 Juvenile Justice Transformation Plan resulted in fewer incarcerated children. Specifically, the one-year rearrest rate for first-time diversions, probation placements, and direct care releases (combined) decreased from 25.1% in fiscal year 2014, to 21.2% in fiscal year 2018.

Additional findings include:

Juvenile delinquency intake cases decreased 39.8% to historic lows.
New probation cases decreased 51.7% to historic lows.
Detainment decreased 43.6% to historic lows.
Direct-care admissions to state custody decreased 44.5% to near historic lows . . .

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