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The Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility was in essence [clarification needed] a prison for youth located on Whittier Boulevard, in Whittier, California.Operated by the California Youth Authority, now part of California Department of Corrections, it once quartered young people incarcerated for law-breaking until it was closed by the state of California in June 2004. [2]
The California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), previously known as the California Youth Authority (CYA), was a division of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that provided education, training, and treatment services for California's most serious youth offenders, until its closure in 2023.
It is staffed and operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR will not renew the lease for California City Correctional Facility, terminating the contract in March 2024 and ending the use of that facility as a state prison. [5] California Correctional Institution: CCI Kern: 1954 2,783 3,516 126.3%
Eighty-one years after California incarcerated its first 'ward,' the state's notoriously grim youth prison system is shutting down. But will young offenders fare any better in county lockups?
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In 1999, the institution's official name, applied to the newer 1960 buildings, was changed to the "Preston Youth Correctional Facility". In 2010, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced that the facility was to close, [ 6 ] and a closing ceremony was held on June 2, 2011.
According to the Department's official Web site, "Currently there are 33 adult correctional institutions, 13 adult community correctional facilities, and eight juvenile facilities in California that house more than 165,000 adult offenders and nearly 3,200 juvenile offenders."
MASSILLON – Assaults on workers at Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility have decreased but staff and juveniles at the facility continue to fear violence, according to a recent state ...