Resources

Desktop Guide to Reentry for Juvenile Confinement Facilities

Through a grant from OJJDP's Reentry Initiative, CPRD completed research and produced a desktop guide to ease the transition process for juveniles returning to their communities. The results are a compilation of programs implemented in dozens of detention and corrections facilities nationwide. Click here to view a .pdf copy of the DGR.

In 1998, the National Juvenile Detention Association in partnership with the Youth Law Center developed a comprehensive and practical approach to addressing the problems of overcrowding described in Conditions of Confinement in Juvenile Detention and Corrections Facilities published in 1994 by Abt Associates under an OJJDP grant. The result was Crowding in Juvenile Detention Centers: A Problem Solving Manual. Specifically, this manual addresses the underlying issues which lead to overcrowding and the steps necessary to curb this problem. Click here to request a copy.

Continued partnership between the National Juvenile Detention Association and the Youth Law Center to combat crowding in juvenile detention facilities resulted in the 1999 publication of a monograph entitled, Crowding in Juvenile Detention Centers: Practitioner Perspectives on What to Do About It. Its scope encompasses practitioner advice and guidance on successful efforts to prevent and reduce crowding and highlights key topics and issues identified throughout the technical assistance process. Click Here to request a copy.

Overview of Conditions in Confinement

This report provides a brief overview of legal issues and requirements governing institutional conditions and practices in facilities confining children. This document is neither a comprehensive analysis of the law, nor a legal memorandum, but a summary of major areas and important issues. Click Here to request a copy.

Researched and written for OJJDP by David Roush, Ph.D., this 1996 publication is still the most comprehensive source of basic operating practices and guiding principles for juvenile detention facilities. It is available through the NCJRS http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/desktop.txt, or you may obtain a .pdf copy by clicking here.