Juvenile reform focuses on hometown sanctions and more beds
Lawmakers approve a youths reform plan emphasizing community based sanctions, longer state sentences for serious offenders, and potential new or converted facilities. Projections show 250-300 additional beds needed by 2000, with $2 million set aside for local planning and a push for community involvement to share costs.
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Adkins
Rep
Joe Kerr
Brookville
House Appropriations
Albert Murray
Kerr
James Burgess
Murray
Juvenile Justice Fast Facts from Kansas Reform Blueprint
Kansas figures describe juvenile detention trends from 1991 to 1997. Average monthly admissions rose from 50 to 78, with 500 to 550 inmates housed monthly. Most inmates are male and minority youths, with 46 percent age 15 or younger. Two counties dominate admits Wyandotte and Sedgwick. Theft and burglary are leading offenses. 37 percent for misdemeanor, 25 percent violent. Admits largely come from single-mother households.
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Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Kansas
Juvenile Justice Reform Transition
Murray bloodline a historic one names SHIELDS
Albert Murray becomes Kansas first juvenile justice commissioner tasked with unifying four youth centers Beloit Topeka Atchison and Larned into a single agency by July 1. He plans to retain staff, shift corrections programs and aftercare funding, and seek a new maximum security option for violent youths.
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Murray
Beloit
Topeka
Atchison
Larned
Social and Rehabilitation Services
State Welfare Agency
Juvenile Justice Authority
Kansas Department of Corrections
Bill Miskell
Corrections Department
Juvenile Justice Authors
Kansas
Tice Authority
Youth Authority
Soling
Kansas City
Wichita
Bill Graves
Kansas Juvenile Justice
Statehouse
Graves
Albert Murray
Tennessee Department of Youth Development
Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority
Atchison, Topeka
Kansas moves on juvenile justice reform in 1994 2000
A chronology outlines Kansas efforts from 1994 Senate Bill 21 creating a juvenile crime task force to a 2000 plan expanding sentencing options. It notes the formation of the Kansas Youth Authority, creation of the Juvenile Justice Authority, leadership by Albert Murray, and shifts to community based prevention, with detention center transfers and funding for pilot programs.
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State Welfare Agency
Murray
Adkins
Kerr
Senate
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Tim Shallenburger
House Select Committee On
Rep
David Adkins
Leawood
Patricia Mackerick
Hutchinson
Cord Services
Reno County
Macke
Kansas Youth Authority
Youth Authority
Juvenile Justice Authority
Kansas Department of Corrections
Juvenile Authority
Kansas
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