Cuyahoga County is working to reshape the juvenile justice system by prioritizing prevention and programming. Reforms are expected to come out of a new County Council subcommittee and grant-funded partnership.
Celeste Wainwright, Assistant Superintendent of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, gives a high five to a juvenile at the county detention center.CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County is working to address disparities in juvenile justice and prioritize prevention amid reporting and widespread criticism over how the system is currently working for area youth.
Following a rash of juvenile car thefts and gun violence, as well as concerns about why Cuyahoga County transfers more children to adult court than any other county in the state, two reporters spent seven months inside the juvenile justice system to better understand the influences that lead youth to crime and how court services work to redirect them.
It highlights the need for increased staffing to support impactful court services, like Multisystem Therapy and the Community Based Intervention Center. And it shares one story of how a different approach to youth correction, such as what’s being tried at Lighthouse Youth Center at Paint Creek, can be transformational.
The initiative, which also partners with the Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry, Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc., and Case Western Reserve University, is being called “Care First Cuyahoga.”
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