NCJ Number
146369
Date Published
1993
Length
37 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes average daily population figures and annual admissions of juvenile residential treatment facilities operated by California county probation departments during 1992.
Abstract
The report outlines the camp population monitoring system, statewide capacity and population in 1992, population trends from 1988 to 1992, admissions to camp, and camp overcrowding problems. In 1992, 20 local probation departments operated 50 residential camps and ranches (47 by the end of 1992) with a combined average capacity of 4,014 beds. The annual statewide average daily population was 3,518. Los Angeles County beds accounted for nearly 53 percent of the State's total; the average daily population in Los Angeles County was 55 percent of the statewide average. Of the 47 camps operating at the end of the year, 17 were secure, providing 37 percent of the total beds. Despite an increasing statewide juvenile population and an increase in juvenile arrest rates between 1988 and 1992, the number of available and occupied residential beds decreased during the same time period. The camps and ranches reported 13,790 total commitments and returns from probation during 1992, a slight increase over 1991 figures. In 1992, there were 1,706 incidents of overcrowding, 85 percent of them occurring in Los Angeles County. 9 tables and 5 appendixes