| For the First Time, There are No Girls at Hawaii Youth Correctional Center |
Date: 06-25-2022
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From Hawaii News Now:
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the first time, there are no girls incarcerated at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility — the product of a years-long effort to “divert” kids away from juvenile corrections and into community programs and toward mental health supports.
The last girl to be incarcerated left two weeks ago.
Officials said the decline in girls incarcerated in the Kailua facility dropped 42% from 2018 to 2022.
At the same time, fewer kids overall are at the detention center. HYCF and Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center Administrator Mark Patterson said back in 2014 — before significant reform — there were well over 100 youth incarcerated at the facility. Today, there are about 15. Continue reading >>>
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