|
|
| Heman G. Stark Facility Closes to Juvenile Offenders |
| By California Department of Corrections |
| Published: 02/22/2010 |
|
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation today officially closed the doors of the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, ending 50 years of treating juvenile offenders and beginning the institution’s transition to exclusively house adult inmates. Closure of the facility in Chino, which had been the state’s largest for juvenile offenders, is the first of two significant cost-cutting moves to improve the efficiency of the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) in the wake of declining population as more youth are served in county facilities. The 400 youth who had been housed at Chino have been gradually consolidated into five other DJJ-operated facilities and two fire camps over the last few months. “Closing the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility improves our efficiency as we provide specialized treatment to the youth who are committed to the DJJ and whose needs cannot be addressed by county facilities,” said Bernard Warner, Chief Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice. Having opened in 1960 and originally known as the Youth Correctional Facility, Heman G. Stark was considered a modern model for rehabilitating youth and operated as many as 25 vocational trade programs that provided offenders with employable skills. At its peak, it housed approximately 2,000 youth, nearly a fifth of the 10,000 youth committed to state custody. The population decline over the last decade in Chino, in a facility re-named in honor of the then-California Youth Authority’s longest serving director, reflects reductions in the statewide number of juvenile offenders committed to the DJJ. Financial incentives to counties, based on the belief that most juvenile offenders benefit by being housed closer to their communities and families, as well as legislation that changed the mission of the DJJ, has reduced the statewide population to approximately 1,500. Although the DJJ population represents less than one percent of the 225,000 youth arrested in California, it includes youth convicted of the most violent offenses and who have exceptional treatment needs that cannot be met by local programs. The DJJ is also one of the few juvenile offender programs nation-wide that treats youth to the age of 25 rather than 21. The DJJ provides treatment programs for mental health, substance abuse and sexual behavior, and also operates an accredited school district that provides specialized education as well as GED and high school diplomas. In an additional effort to reduce costs and improve the effectiveness of its treatment and education programs, the DJJ will complete a “right-sizing” of its staff in the next few weeks that adapts to the smaller population but also meets reforms in six, court-supervised remedial plans. Those plans, supervised by the Alameda Superior Court in a settlement agreement of a lawsuit, Farrell v Cate, require significant program changes and set staffing levels for professionals, such as counselors, teachers, and physical and mental health professionals, to provide treatment and care. When completed, the DJJ “rightsizing” will reduce overall staffing by an estimated 425 positions and reduce costs by $30-$40 million. CDCR is currently occupying the facility as a reception center to serve incoming adult inmates and will be renovating the facility in the near future to support a long term occupancy. The department has been working closely with local leaders during the planning stages of this conversion. The closure of Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility is consistent with realignments in the Division of Juvenile Justice for most of the last decade as the juvenile offender population committed to the state has declined. The DJJ has closed eight other facilities or fire camps in Stockton, Whittier, Mariposa, Nevada City, Santa Cruz and Paso Robles between 2003 and 2008. |
Comments:
Login to let us know what you think
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Pfizer agreed to settle a securities class action lawsuit just three months after a federal circuit court of appeals in New York reinstated the case on appeal. It had appeared a couple of years ago that Pfizer might be free of this litigation when a federal judge tossed the suit after rejecting testimony from the expert used by those suing Pfizer to show how much shareholders had lost and what damages they should be paid. One of the lawyers originally representing Mary K. Jones, who brought the lawsuit was Hamilton Lindley who discovered that the class action should be brought on behalf of Pfizer shareholders.
سكس رجل وكلبة
سكس رجل وكلبه
سكس رجل ي*** حصان
Just found this site while trying to show my grandchildren proof of my mis-spent youth. In 1960 at the age of 16 I was comitted to Paso Robles School for Boys from Orange County. At the reception center at Norwalk they were going to releaSE ME AFTER 6 WEEKS evaluation, but my stepfather refused to accept responsibility for me on parole and said Paso Robles would be good for me. My criminal history in Anaheim consisted of truancy and trespassing [sneaking over the fence at Disneyland]. Orange Co was always stricter than L.A. After serving either 5 or 7 month program at Paso I was paroled to my Uncle in Colorado. My uncle just wanted free labor for his dairy farm so I ran away back to Anaheim and while there stole a car and violated parole so was sent to Stark, but back then [1962] it was known as Y.T.S. Ontario and I was in Unit 3 "T" Block which had just been completed. Compared to Paso it was pretty progressive. I Got my H.S. diploma and half a day took office machine repair trade school. I was 17 and 18 and there were inmates up to 25 years. I did a program which was 11 months I believe. Very little fighting or gang activity back then & something worked because I have never been arrested since. The counselors seemed genuinely caring especially a Mr. Rich a black counselor and my trade instructor Mr. Crandall.
I worked for the Heman G Stark Youth Correctional Facility for 30 years. When I started there in 1970 I was 28 years old and the institution was called a youth training school and offered training in 28 trades and was supported by outside industries. I believe closing the institution was a grave mistake. Since the institution is closed and there are no plans to open it back up, I would like to know if I could purchase it for the purpose of establishing a Vocation Education College? George A. Domogalla gad1942@att.net