Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections - Rehabilitation and Community Re-entry Programs

The Department could better serve juveniles under its care by improving some of the programs and processes it has implemented to help rehabilitate these juveniles. Specifically, the Department has adopted treatment programs modeled after best practices, but has not implemented them as designed. Further, the process for making juvenile offender treatment and release recommendations needs improvement.  Finally, juveniles who are transitioning into the community need better support in returning to school, employment, and other support services.