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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%.