Implementing Reform in California: Safety & Welfare Remedial Plan
July 10, 2006 Implementing Reform in California: Safety & Welfare Remedial Plan On November 19, 2004, a the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) entered into a consent decree in the case of Farrell v. Allen. The consent decree required the defendant to file remedial plans in all areas of deficiency identified by experts for the court by January 31, 2005. In January 2005, based on DJJ's decision to reform California's juvenile system to a rehabilitative model based on a therapeutic environment rather than simply address the deficiencies identified by the expert . . .
