California to Overhaul Youth Prisons

November 29, 2004

California to Overhaul Youth Prisons On November 16, 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled plans for an overhaul of California's prisons for the young, which has been widely criticized for its violence, substandard healthcare, and failure to reform youths toward a law-abiding lifestyle. The announcement marked the settlement of a lawsuit challenging conditions in the California Department of Youth Authority (CYA), where some of the state's most troubled and violent juveniles are detained. The settlement of the lawsuit, which was first filed in federal court in 2002 as a class action suit alleging . . .