Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative JDAI

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Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)
Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice

• The Annie E. Casey Foundation

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Overrepresentation of Minority Youth in Public
Detention Centers 1985 1999
1985
1995
White Youth
White Youth
Minority Youth
Minority Youth
White Youth
Minority Youth
1999
Source Census of Public and Private Juvenile
Detention, Correctional and Shelter Facilities,
1985-1999.
2/3 of Detainees are Kids of Color
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One-Day Counts in Detention Facilities, 2001By
Offense Category
Property, Drugs, Public Order and Other
Violent Offenses
(32.3)
(38.6)
(29.1)
Status Offenses and Technical Violations
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Detention Increased Despite Decreases in Juvenile
Crime
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Core JDAI Strategies

• Collaboration

• Reliance on Data

• Objective Admissions Screening

• Alternatives to Secure Detention

• Expedited Case Processing

• Strategies for Special Detention Cases

• Rigorous Facility Inspections

• Strategies to Reduce Racial Disparities

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Collaboration Through a DMC Lens

• Authority

• Group Composition

• Designated Sub-Committee

• Creating a Safe Place

• Forging a Common Agenda

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Reliance on Data DMC

• Disaggregating Data by Race Ethnicity

• Examining Race Effects Throughout
  Case Processing

• Detention Utilization Studies

• Geo-coding Community Mapping

• Routine Management Reports

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Eliminating Bias in Detention Admissions Screening

• Objective Criteria Instruments

• Bias in Statutory Criteria

• Testing for Unintended Bias from Screening Tools

• Multilingual, Multicultural Intake Staff

• Quality Controls

• Use of Overrides

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Culturally Competent Alternatives to Detention
Programming

• Identifying Target Populations Program Design

• Service Providers

• Locations

• Language Culture

• Staffing Services

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Specific Strategies to Reduce Racial Disparities

• Formulate a Vision Goals

• Establish Formal Structures to Keep Eyes on the
  Prize

• Build Ties to Communities of Color

• Diversify System Workforce

• Create New Program Capacities in Key Neighborhoods

• Conduct Cultural Racial Sensitivity Training

• Improve Defender Services

• Stop Dumping of Youth from Other Systems

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Cook County Outcomes
Results-Impact
Average Daily Population (1996-2002)
Youth Violent Arrests (1993-2000)
54
37
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Multnomah County Outcomes
Results-Impact
Average Daily Population (1993-2002)
Juvenile Felony Arrests (1994-2000)
45
66
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Santa Cruz Outcomes
Results-Impact
Average Daily Population (1996-2000)
Juvenile Felony Arrests (1996-2000)
38
52
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Santa Cruz County, CA Latinos in Juvenile Hall
vs in General Population