Criminal
Apr. 12, 2005
Charging Counties For Each Person Sent to Prison Creates Accountability
California law requires counties to pay more than $2,000 a year to the state for each juvenile offender their courts send to the California Youth Authority, the juvenile equivalent of the Department of Corrections. As a result, county governments have a direct financial interest in the effectiveness of local rehabilitation efforts.
California law requires counties to pay more than $2,000 a year to the state for each juvenile offender their courts send to the California Youth Authority, the juvenile equivalent of the Department of Corrections. As a result, county governments have a direct financial interest in the effectiveness of local rehabilitation efforts.
In contrast, counties pay nothing to the state for the cost of incarcerating adults their courts send to prison. The burden is reversed, because the cou...
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