STUDY: PRETRIAL JUVENILE DETENTION INCREASES ODDS OF FELONY RECIDIVISM BY 33%
Summary
Jurisdictions use pretrial confinement to ensure that young people who have been accused of an offense attend court hearings. It is the most common use of local detention facilities, accounting for 75% of all admissions.
Yet, a stay in pretrial juvenile detention increases a young person’s likelihood of felony recidivism by 33% and misdemeanor recidivism by 11%, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Crime and Delinquency.
Source: The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2020). Study: Pretrial Juvenile Detention increases Odds of Felony Recidivism by 33%.