California Governor Proposes Removing Juvenile Justice Division From Corrections Department Control

On January 22, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed shifting oversight of the state’s Juvenile Justice Division from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA). The goal is to build on past efforts to divert youth from incarceration. Under this proposal, HHSA would oversee more than 660 juvenile offenders; most are held at a camp in Pine Grove and three detention centers in Stockton and Camarillo. This population of juvenile offenders in state custody represent a small fraction of juvenile offenders in the state. Most juvenile offenders in California, currently more . . .