Transcript Juvenile justice alternatives

Juvenile Detention
Alternatives
Texas and Harris County Perspective
Rebecca M. Beyda MD MS
SAHM Conference, March 2014
3000
O 5 year Texas
2738
commitment profile
2500
O Decline in number of
2000
youth institutionalized
O 119 (15%) youth in
2013 were from Harris
County
O All commitments since
2008 are for felony
offences
1500
1000
500
0
New Commitment Profile http://www.tjjd.texas.gov/research/profile.aspx. Accessed 2/28/14
818
Texas Disposition Summary 2011
954
Consolidated or transferred
175
5,120
20,021
Dismissed, not guilty, or no
probable cause
15,789
Supervisory caution
Deferred prosecution
19,979
Total: 79,130
17,084
Adjudicated to probation or
probation modified extended
State Commitment
Certified to the adult court
Griffiths, Mike. The State of Juvenile Probation Activity in Texas Calendar Year 2011. Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Austin, TX.
November 2013.
Ethnicity of committed
youth 2012
Ethnicity of Texas youth
2012
White
White
African
American
Hispanic
African
American
Hispanic
Other
Other
New Commitment Profile http://www.tjjd.texas.gov/research/profile.aspx. Accessed 2/28/14
Kids Count Data Center Texas http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/103-child-population-byrace?loc=45&loct=2#detailed/2/any/false/868,867,133,38,35/66,67,68,69,70,71,12,72/423,424
FISCAL YEAR
IQ AT
COMMITMENT
AGE AT
COMMITMENT
LAST GRADE
COMPLETED
READING
GRADE LEVEL
AT
COMMITMENT
MATH GRADE
LEVEL AT
COMMITMENT
2010
89
16yr5mo
8
6yr4mo
5yr2mo
2011
88
16yr5mo
8
6yr2mo
5yr2mo
2012
88
16yr4mo
8
5yr9mo
5yr2mo
2013
89
16yr5mo
8
5yr7mo
5yr0mo
New Commitment Profile http://www.tjjd.texas.gov/research/profile.aspx. Accessed 2/28/14
Juvenile Justice Referrals
Harris County:
includes
Houston, TX
Harris County Juvenile
Probation Department
Youth Processed 2012
12000
10000
10191
9% Diverted
8000
6000
4211
4000
2000
119
0
Referred
Detained
Committed
Harris County Juvenile Probation Department. 100 years of Evolution: 2012 Annual Report. Houston, TX.
March 2013.
Opportunities for Diversion
Referrals
• Screening calls
• Probation
Arrests
• Risk
assessment tool
• Parent contact
Detainees
• Court hearing
• Probation
Juvenile probation programs
Harris County
Community Probation
Services
Community Unit Probation Services (CUPS)
CUPS 7:
Specialized
program unit
CUPS 6: Female
intervention program
CUPS 9: Special Needs
Diversionary Program
CUPS 6: Female Intervention
Program
O Community based intensive supervision
programs for adjudicated girls
O Focus: self-awareness, social skills,
relationships, career education and
counseling for youth and family
O Activities: Job fairs, college campus tours,
CPR classes, and equine therapy
Probation Service Programs. http://www.hcjpd.org/probation_service_programs.asp. Accessed 2/28/14
CUPS 7: Specialized Program
Unit
O Specific program for gang-involved youth
O ROPES Program
O Reality Orientation through Physical Experiences
O Gang Awareness Program
O Workshops: Anger management and decision
making skills
O Partner with City of Houston’s D-TAG program
including free tattoo removal
CUPS 9: Special Needs
Diversionary Program
• MHMRA-IDD service
Intellectual
coordinator
Developmental
• Juvenile Probation
Disability
Officer
Program
Community
Based
Stabilization
Program
• Licensed mental health
provider (MHMRA)
• Specialized Juvenile
Probation Officer
Other interventions
On BELAY
•Building
engagement,
leadership
and assets
for youth
•Create youth
leaders to
foster
community
change
Y.E.S.
•Youth
Educational
Shoplifting
Program
•Home study
course for
youth and
parent
PACE
•Project SelfEsteem,
Academics,
Character
Development
and
Employment
Prep
•Classes for
parents and
youth
TRIAD
O 24 hour intake
center for youth ages
10 – 17 years
O Collaboration of
services
O Assisted 1150 youth
in 2012
Triad Prevention Program. http://www.hc-ps.org/triad_prevention.htm Accessed 2/28/14
Summary
O Many Texas and Harris County youth
encounter the Juvenile Justice System
O Strides towards diversion and evidence-
based programming are taking place
O Further efforts in prevention and more
diversion opportunities are needed
You
No matter what anyone tells you
You are somebody
You can be whatever you want to be
And deep inside
You have the ability to be
The best person
You can be
Osike, age 14
Art and poetry from Children’s Prison Art Project workshops
Thank you
O Harris County Juvenile
O Danielle E. Parrish, Ph.D.,
Justice Center Medical
staff, administrative staff
and youth
O Texas Juvenile Justice
Department
O Marilyn Broussard Webb,
HCJJC Deputy
Director/Field Services
O TRIAD volunteers
UH Graduate School of
Social Work
O Laura J. Benjamins, MD,
MPH, HCJJC Medical
Director
O Titilola Balogun, UTHSC
School of Public Health
O Martin Nguyen, UTHSC
School of Public Health