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The Adobe Mountain School, located north of Phoenix, is a secured detention facility for juvenile offenders.
The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections is planning for a new juvenile correctional facility. The department leases the Adobe Mountain School secure care facility property, located north of Phoenix, from the State Land Department. That lease expires in seven years.
In the meantime, the Department of Juvenile Corrections is soliciting a “programing and planning consultant” for a new juvenile correctional facility, according to a request for quotation posted to the state procurement website.
“The Department is in need of a programming and planning consultant to assist in milestone planning for a new juvenile facility location within a Metropolitan area in Arizona and to help identify the type of juvenile correctional facility the Agency will need,” the request states. “The Department has approximately 7 years left on its state land lease a
Arizona forms plans for new juvenile correctional facility
January 13, 2021 GMT
PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections has announced it is making plans for a new juvenile correctional facility after the lease for the current lockup expires in seven years.
The department leases the Abode Mountain School facility north of Phoenix from the state Land Department, KJZZ-FM reported. But that lease is set to expire within the next decade.
The department is now looking for a consultant to help “identify the type of juvenile correctional facility the agency will need.” The department wants the consultant to provide at least three location options for the new lockup.
California to phase out Division of Juvenile Justice, creating an opportunity for substantial reform State-run youth prisons come at a hefty cost to taxpayers. By Kiara Quaranta | January 7, 2021 at 11:04 AM MST - Updated January 7 at 11:06 AM
Next summer, California will begin closing its three youth detention centers and shift the responsibility of juvenile justice onto the stateâs 58 counties, ending an 80-year history of detention facilities that have been criticized for wanton violence and widespread racial disparities.
Under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in September, three Division of Juvenile Justice youth correctional facilities will be closed. California will join Connecticut, Wisconsin, South Dakota and several other states that have closed state-run youth prisons in recent years, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Jan. 6, 2021
California’s juvenile justice system is being overhauled by legislation Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law this fall. (Photo by Jobs For Felons Hub/Creative Commons)
Next summer, California will begin closing its three youth detention centers and shift the responsibility of juvenile justice onto the state’s 58 counties, ending an 80-year history of detention facilities that have been criticized for wanton violence and widespread racial disparities.
Under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in September, three Division of Juvenile Justice youth correctional facilities will be closed. California will join Connecticut, Wisconsin, South Dakota and several other states that have closed state-run youth prisons in recent years, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.