From: Nigel.Allen@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Nigel Allen)
Subject: U.S. funds "boot camp" prisons for teenage offenders
Organization: NDA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 02:37:46 GMT


Here is a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

 DOJ Awards $11 Million to Support Correctional Options Including
Boot Camp for Youthful Offenders
 To: National Desk
 Contact: Chris Rizzuto of the Office of Justice Programs,
          U.S. Department of Justice, 202-307-0703 or
          703-525-1792 (after hours)

   WASHINGTON, Oct. 9  -- Attorney General William P. Barr today 
announced the awarding of over $11 million by the Bureau of 
Justice Assistance, a component of the Department's Office of
Justice Programs, to support projects in seven states which will
demonstrate correctional options programs for youthful offenders.
   These include community based incarceration, weekend
incarceration, electronic monitoring and intensive probation combined
with educational, drug treatment, job training and health services.
   Attorney General Barr said, "Today the rate of juvenile crime is
continuing to increase, and this increase is driving much of the
general rise in violent crime we are seeing.  For example, between
1965 and 1989, the arrest rate for juveniles for murder almost
tripled.  One thing is clear: if we are going to deal effectively
with violent crime in general, we are going to have to improve the
way we deal with juveniles.  "Our juvenile justice system needs to do
two things better: First, it has to be better at intervening early
enough to divert troubled youths away from a career of crime.
Second, it has to be more effective at identifying and dealing with
the chronic offender who has embarked on a career of crime.  I
believe these programs will help reform the juvenile justice system,"
he added.
   Funding levels are as follows: Three recipients, the Florida
Department of Corrections, the Maryland Department of Correctional
Services, and the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, were each
awarded $2,470,000; the Alameda County, California Probation
Department was awarded $1,950,000, to develop and implement programs
incorporating a wide range of correctional options for youthful
offenders.  Three other recipients, the Cook County, Illinois
Sheriff's Office, the St. Louis, Missouri Medium Security
Institution, and the Kentucky Department of Corrections were each
awarded $420,000 to develop and implement boot camp prison programs.
And $399,904 was awarded through the Department's National Institute
of Justice to the San Francisco based National Council on Crime and
Delinquency to conduct evaluations of these efforts.
   -- The Florida Department of Corrections will implement a program
entitled Drug Punishment Program, aimed at youthful offenders 14 to
21 years of age who have been convicted of non-violent drug related
crimes and who are in need of drug rehabilitation, and for whom less
restrictive drug treatment programs have been ruled out.  The program
will require several months in a secure residential setting followed
by additional time in a non-secure facility for transition back to
the community.  The program will provide an array of social and
educational services and include periodic mandatory drug testing
throughout the period.  Programs will be established in Hillsborough,
Manatee, Pinellas, and Sarasota counties; the cities of Sarasota,
Tampa and St. Petersburg; and at locations within the 7th, 8th, 9th,
10th and 13 th Judicial Districts.
   -- The New Hampshire Department of Corrections will establish a
program entitled Prescriptive Alternatives to Traditional Housing
which will be comprised of three new facilities, including a
post-release facility, all located at the State's Lakes Region
Facility in Laconia.  The New Hampshire program, which will target
offenders 18 to 30 years of age, will encompass a number of highly
supervised intermediate sanctions including a modified boot camp
program and pre- and post-release social, educational and substance
abuse services.
   -- The Maryland Department of Corrections will establish a program
entitled "A System of Sanctions for Youthful Offenders." The program
consists of a state-wide program of intermediate sanctions including
Boot Camp Prisons, regimented housing, day reporting, and electronic
monitoring.  The program, which will incorporate mandatory drug
testing and post-release services, will target offenders 16 to 30
years of age.
   -- The Alameda County Probation Department, awarded $1,950,000,
will target youthful offenders 18 to 29 years of age for a program
entitled Intermediate Sanctions for Drug Using Youthful Offenders in
the Form of a Drug Abuse Control Center.
   This program is a highly supervised day reporting program which
will be offered as a condition of probation or deferred prosecution.
Through the center, offenders will receive a variety of services
including treatment.  Participation will also require mandatory drug
testing.
   Programs undertaken by Cook County, St. Louis and Kentucky will
establish secure boot camp facilities combining discipline and social
support.
   -- The Cook County Sheriff's Office will establish the Cook County
Boot Camp which will serve non-violent offenders ages 17 to 24 years
of age.  The program will incorporate military training principles,
discipline, and methods to instill responsible behavior and
self-esteem combined with substance abuse treatment, educational and
job training services.
   -- The St. Louis Medium Security Institution will target offenders
ages 17 to 25 for its Bootstrap Partnership Program.  Again a highly
regimented and disciplined environment will be combined with
educational, social and job training services.
   -- The Kentucky Department of Corrections will establish a 50 bed
boot camp prison facility at the Roederer Correctional Complex in
LaGrange under its Youthful Offender Boot Camp Program.  This
facility will house offenders between the ages of 18 and 26 in a
highly disciplined and regimented secure facility which will also
offer an array of social, educational and job training services.
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