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Pacific Justice Defender Center Community Resources Member Resources (membership required) Daily Journal Article from 4/26/06: Violence-Prone Youth Authority Still Fails Its Children, Its Taxpayers The Revised Safety and Welfare plan (dated March 31, 2006) and Special Master Donna Brody's April 6, 2006 report--both documentating on-going problems at CYA/DJJ--are available from the Prison Law Office website. CYA (DJJ) Staff Safety Audits Legislative History of 1984 Amendment to WI sec. 202. Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Senate Bill 459 (Amending WI sec. 731, eff. Jan. 1, 2004) Legislative History Senate Bill 459, as Chaptered Senate Committee on Public Safety, Report of March 13, 2003 Senate Rules Committee, Floor Analysis, Apr. 4, 2003 More history and earlier versions of the bill may be found here. (Enter "2003-2004" for session, "senate" for house, and "459" for bill number.) Matthew L. Cate, California Inspector General, The California Youth Authority Has Not Corrected Deficiencies Identified by Past Audits in Its "Core Mission" of Providing Rehabilitation Services to Wards, Press Release, Dated Jan. 3, 2005. Office of the Inspector General, Accountability Audit: Review of Audits of the California Youth Authority 2002-2003 (dated January, 2005). Corrections Independent Review Panel, Reforming California's Youth and Adult Correctional System (June, 2004). Farrell v. Harper, Alameda County Superior Court case no. RG03079344 (filed Jan., 2003) (class action regarding conditions at CYA). (Current docket information on the status of Farrell is available on the Alameda County Superior Court Web site.) Consent Decree (posted Nov. 16, 2004) Complaint Expert Reports: Mental Health Care and Substance Abuse Treatment Health Care Services Education Programs Sex Offender Treatment Programs General Corrections Organizations The Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice Youth Law Center The Prison Law Office Pacific Justice Defender Center CYA (Information available on the CYA Web site) CYA home page CYA facilities CYA Locations Map CYA Research and Statistics CYA Today Newsletter CYA-Related Statutes (Excerpts) California Code of Regulations Department of the Youth Authority (Title 15, Division 4) Youthful Offender Parole Board (Title 15, Division 4.5)   Summaries of Reports Documenting Problems at CYA/DJJ Document Description Download Summary of "Safety and Welfare Plan: Implementing Reform in California" Summary of the Office of the Inspector General Accountability Audit Summary of First Report of Special Master Summary of Recent Expert Reports on CYA, March 2004