Needs assessment next step towards juvenile detention facility at old jail

Juvenile Courts Judge responds to state legislation that could create backlog, limit docket

The wheels of justice could soon turn slower in Shelby County's juvenile courts.

Needs assessment next step towards juvenile detention facility at old jail

A step was taken towards Jefferson County possibly converting a portion of its old jail into a juvenile detention facility with approval of a contract for a needs assessment at Thursday’s County Commissioners meeting.

By: Yamila Ruiz @ruizyamilal The new juvenile penal regime is a necessary, just reform and responds to a demand from Argentine society. The current juvenile penal regime was sanctioned in 1980 through Law No. 22.278. Therefore, it is necessary to update it, since this law has become obsolete and does not respond to the context of our current reality, not even to the principles recognized in the National Constitution and international legislation…