6. Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform: Improving Conditions of Confinement in Secure Juvenile Detention Centers
Burrell, Sue
Annie E. Casey Foundation
1999
This report presents a discussion of what was learned from the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) about improving and maintaining safe, humane institutions. Attention is given to the impact of inadequate conditions. It also offers guiding principles, based on JDAI, for improving institutional conditions, developing and conducting an assessment, improving practices, and maintaining ongoing assessment.