Keep the Numbers Low

About Keep the Numbers Low

While the number of youth detained declined in the early days of the pandemic, there was a several month period later in the pandemic where there was an uptick in those numbers. In response, the NCJFCJ, funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, created a podcast series on youth confinement decision-making in the wake of COVID-19, including episodes on youth detention trends, examples of changes in decision processes and criteria to reduce the use of confinement, and addressing community safety concerns posed by youth with serious offenses without confining them. This series is hosted by Dr. Martha-Elin Blomquist (She/Her), Ph.D., Senior Site Manager with the NCJFCJ.

Publisher

Keep the Numbers Low

Category

education · government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Feb 2024

Latest episode

28 Feb 2024

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Feb 2024

   Keep The Numbers Low: Reducing Youth Confinement in the Wake of COVID-19: Using Probation as a Response for Youth who Commit Serious Offenses

   In many jurisdictions, it is common practice for youth who commit a serious offense to be confined instead of receiving services in the community, even though these youth are the most in need of these services. In this episode, our host speaks with Judge Sheila Calloway and Chief of Juvenile Probation Kelly Gray from Nashville, […]

2. 

   28 Feb 2024

   Keep The Numbers Low: Reducing Youth Confinement in the Wake of COVID-19: Straight Talk About Youth Incarceration

   When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, juvenile justice administrators had to quickly pivot to practices that mitigated the spread of COVID-19 while serving youth as best as possible. In this episode, our host has a conversation with Michael Dempsey from the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators (CJJA) and Brett Peterson from the Utah Division […]

3. 

   28 Feb 2024

   Keep The Numbers Low: Reducing Youth Confinement in the Wake of COVID-19: Youth Detention Trends During and After COVID-19

   In 2020 and the following years, the COVID-19 pandemic changed how jurisdictions responded to delinquency, which affected the use of youth confinement. In this episode, our host speaks with Tom Woods from the Annie E. Casey Foundation about their survey to track the youth detention population and what he has learned from jurisdictions around the […]

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   28 Feb 2024

   Keep The Numbers Low: Reducing Youth Confinement in the Wake of COVID-19: One State’s Journey to Limit Youth Confinement

   In 2019, Colorado passed SB 19-108, which included new provisions restricting the use of detention, requiring detention screening and detention screening teams, and changes in detention hearings. In this episode, our host speaks with Magistrate Lisa Gomez from Denver, Colorado about the new statute and what it means for her jurisdiction and the youth that […]

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