Juvenile Services Announcement, June 30, 2005

с L.o-- Juvenile Services Announcement Thursdav, June 30, 2005 ^ f^\ о ■# \ тК ГлАеу B£-Ti+ CL . INTRODUCTION * WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, I PLEDGED TO REFORM THE At>^>IEJT^TIo^i)rUVENTLE JUSTICE CULTURE SO THAT IT , Jo vltO'- /EMPHASIZES HELPING KIDS OVER PUMOIHWG \ j^VA/.... "SFWt IWt ’CRIIilWfMjC. РОлДИ/ч&иГ 5VW Pffiif-S “ Mf- WE INHERITED A JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN лГ Тйарр- 1 FRFF. FAIL. INCAPABLE OF MEETING EVEN BASIC 5УЯ"еЛЛ RESPONSIBILITIES. CHILDREN WERE NOT SAFE. I AND THEY WERE NOT SERVED. T НЕИ. ub?L к WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO “MAGIC BULLET” М3 Srtser I SOLUTION TO REPAIRING SUCH A DEEPLY \ DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM. UAj<-y *8 r. WE KNEW THAT REFORM COULD BE ACHIEVED I ‘fLLtb 0NLY THROUGH A MULTI-PRONGED PLAN '№J“V \ FOUNDED UPON EDUCATION, TREATMENT, AND LOO& i Нм PREVENTION. A i^oucD REypuzfcE. CUooct) tOoML 0 MA^y _ ■ So<xt&ycj i о ' 0 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE POPULATIONS AT BOTH CHELTENHAM AND HICKEY. AT CHELTENHAM, WE HAVE GONE FROM A DAILY AVERAGE OF 220 DOWN TO 80 - ■ 'fy&icrvd LESS THAN HALF. AT HICKEY, WE HAVE ^S0/” ^ REDUCED BY 25 PERCENT. „ . 0 OPENING THREE NEW DETENTION CENTERS. rKbVEMUUlN. ^ — ' - - - fp) , ■equai. fAe-rj ^Duc^rjpO - IfeATMWT - гееуьлдк) SOME SUCCESSES TO DATE INCLUDE: W cn^- 1