Is the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Working?
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The Orange County Probation Department has launched an aggressive multi-agency initiative aimed at reforming juvenile detention guidelines by offering alternatives to traditional detention. The vehicle for reform is the innovative, evidence-based Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) point system of the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI), a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The JDAI program is based on the Casey Foundation’s philosophy that the more restrictive and more intense the justice system is, the more negative its impact on a juvenile.
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