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The nonprofit, which is funded with public dollars, was sued by youth justice advocacy groups because it argued it was not subject to California open records and meetings laws
Laws that were enacted to provide community-based alternatives to the state’s youth prisons may actually be fostering a new “shadow” juvenile system in which officials are circumventing transparency laws behind closed doors.
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