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Juvenile Offenders Work to Watch Games

"Take me out to the ballgame," isn't just a request made by fans of this week's NAIA World Series. For some, it is a privilege. >>

Juvenile Corrections Center–Lewiston Adopts Trail

Juvenile Corrections Center–Lewiston, in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers at Dworshak, has adopted the ten-mile Big Eddy to Freeman Creek Trail at Dworshak Reservoir. >>

Yogatherapy Benefits JCC–Nampa Juveniles

In January of this year nursing supervisor, Ruth Davis, made contact with a local health and fitness business that made a donation of yoga mats and instructional videos. >>

Franklin County Juvenille Services Center

A Message from the Director

Welcome to the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections. Due to the economic challenges facing the Department from the federal, state, and local levels, this new year will not only strain our available resources, but will give us opportunities never before realized in the history of juvenile justice in Idaho. The Department was created by the Juvenile Corrections Act in August 1995, and it was quite clear in the beginning, and has held true throughout our history, that the juvenile justice system in Idaho is relationship driven. How could it be otherwise? Stakeholders in the lives of youth are critical to their success and are foundational when it comes to their behavioral health and future potential as law-abiding adults.

In these tougher times, we, the juvenile justice system, must make a responsible confinement reduction of low-risk juveniles by creating and providing adequate funding for community-based youth development and supervision options, as well as implementing efficient case management practices and emphasizing criminogenic needs of those in state custody.

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