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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
Academic credits earned by students while incarcerated do not always transfer to the student’s high school, or are applied to an “elective” classification rather than the specific course that was studied.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The COE should create a system to ensure that all academic credits earned while a juvenile is in detention are accurately transferred to that student’s correct course and school upon the juvenile’s release from detention.
F2
The COE is in the process of trying to get each of the three court schools officially accredited with Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
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R2
Probation, BHRS, and the COE should work together to develop a more comprehensive transition plan to ensure necessary contact with a student’s family and school before the student is released from detention.
F3
The COE is working with a consultant company to introduce a system allowing online computer education to meet each individual detainee’s level of learning.
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R3
Probation and the COE should collaborate to set up an online computer education system.
F4
BHRS has only one staff member assigned half-time to help the boys at Camp Glenwood who may need mental health support.
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R4
Probation and BHRS should evaluate together the merits of creating a full-time position at Camp Glenwood to ensure that boys with mental health issues are receiving the complete and effective care they require, and that families could more frequently be involved in the child’s progress.
F5
Officials from Probation, the COE, BHRS, and CASA stated that once a juvenile is released from detention, the transition back to the community and family life is critical to the adolescent’s emotional development and well-being. Project Change also serves students who are working toward completing their diplomas or GEDs. Helping students to understand that when they complete high school, college is an option is a “powerful motivating factor.” 12 Project Change, Bridging the Gap from Incarceration to Education, College of San Mateo.
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