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Counties Prepare For The End Of Juvenile Lockups

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Yolo County' juvenile detention facility on Jan. 15, 2016.
 (Tyche Hendricks/KQED)

How Are California Counties Preparing For Major Shakeup In Juvenile Justice System?

Over the past two decades California has completely reimagined its approach to dealing with young people who commit crimes. That remaking of juvenile justice will culminate next summer in the closure of California’s troubled state youth prisons, known as the Department of Juvenile Justice or DJJ.
Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED

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