This is 43 percent higher than the statewide average of 5.52 And more than twice as many Solano juveniles are arrested for battery as the average. These recently released figures come as county officials look at ways to expand the county's Juvenile Hall, which is badly overcrowded. The current Juvenile Hall was built 40 years ago and has 60 beds. But Mike Robak, the county's chief probation officer, said the county will need twice as many beds within the next 11 years. Robak said Solano County is not unique in having an overcrowded juvenile hall.
Relief is on the way.
Robak said the funds will be used to either expand or renovate juvenile facilities. Solano County is submitting an application for some of these funds. But even if the county is awarded funds, county officials must make a series of decisions. They include whether the county will build a new juvenile facility at its existing 14-acre site, or build another facility at a new site. Robak said the money could also be used to expand the existing Juvenile Hall.