Lead Juvenile Justice Expert Says State Facilities Should Stay Open

Barry Krisberg quoted in The Huffington Post, Youth Radio, March 29, 2012

My concern is that we’ve worked hard, we’ve developed policy and procedure, we’ve improved education and medical care, we’ve cut down on the use of force and isolation but at the county level they’ve done nothing. So it’d be going back to where we were eight years ago, very harsh conditions, very harsh practices, and having to start all over again.