W.Va. Center on Budget & Policy: New Report Offers Fuller Accounting of the Costs of WV's Criminal System for Youth
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy issued the following statement on Sept. 17, 2024:
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West Virginia's criminal legal system for children is at a crossroads. Juvenile reforms implemented in the 2010s led to decreases in the number of criminal cases filed against youth. But as West Virginia emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, the trend reversed, and criminal filings have increased each of the last three years . . .
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West Virginia's criminal legal system for children is at a crossroads. Juvenile reforms implemented in the 2010s led to decreases in the number of criminal cases filed against youth. But as West Virginia emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, the trend reversed, and criminal filings have increased each of the last three years . . .