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-Since these changes were enacted, the number of youth confined in state-run facilities has decreased by almost 2/3 and eight state youth prisons have been closed, saving the state $150 dollars.

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-When Texas and California statutorily limited youth corrections to youth with more serious convictions and reallocated savings to counties to fund local solutions to youth offending, both states experienced marked declines in youth incarceration and offending

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Recommendation: Their recommendation is to safely reduce the pipeline into youth prisons by at least a half. 

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Recommendation: Their recommendation is to safely reduce the pipeline into youth prisons by at least a half. 

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-We can safely reduce the youths in youth prisons by at least half.
- States can do so by limiting youth prisons to only youth who have committed serious offenses and pose a clear risk to society.

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- In 2007, the Texas legislature enacted reforms intended to significantly reduce the pipeline of youth into state custody.
-SB 103 prohibits the commitment to state-run secure facilities of youth who are adjudicated delinquent for misdemeanors and limits stays in youth prisons to age 19.

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-The prison facilities provide many elements that exacerbate the trauma that most confined youth have already experienced and reinforce poor choices and impulsive behavior. They state that maltreatment is endemic and widespread.