Title: New Jersey JDAI The Art of Expansion Statewide Replication: Experiences
1New Jersey JDAIThe Art of ExpansionStatewide
Replication Experiences Strategies
SITE OVERVIEW
State of New Jersey
21 Counties 17 County-Operated Detention
Centers 567 Municipalities 5 Original, Pilot JDAI
Counties 5 New, Expansion Counties
2 Total Population
Detention Juvenile County Population
Density Capacity Arrests
Original Sites ATLANTIC 271k 450
27 2714 CAMDEN 518k 2289
37 8725 ESSEX 791k 6285
242 4983 HUDSON 604k 13,043
79 3173 MONMOUTH 636k 1304
40 4398 New Sites BERGEN 904k 3778
41 4729 BURLINGTON 451k 526
24 2607 MERCER 368k 1552
64 3888 OCEAN 562k 803
30 3321 UNION 531k 5073
34 3145 persons per square mile
3NJ JDAIOriginal 5 Sites
IMPACTPre-JDAI Trends Post-JDAI Results
4DETENTION ADMISSIONSVS.JUVENILE ARRESTS
Pre-JDAI 10 Year Trends
5Pilot Sites Detention Admissions ? vs. Juvenile
Index Arrests ?, 1993-2002
Index Arrests - 49.8 gtgt5,000 fewer index
arrests Total Arrests - 22.7 gtgt7,600 fewer
total arrests
Detention Admissions 7.7 gtgt 500 more detention
admissions
6Change in Detention Admissions vs. Juvenile Index
Arrests for NJ and Pilot Sites, 1993-2002
7AVERAGE LENGTHOF STAY
8Average Length of Stay in Detention (Days) for
Pilot Sites, 1993-2002
23.4
49.6
76.3
30.9
19.1
50.0
9AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION
10Detention Average Daily Population in Pilot
Sites, 1993-2002
Atlantic 37.2 Camden 75.4 Essex 79.2 Hudson
35.3 Monmouth 44.4 5 Sites 61.6
11MINORITY OVERREPRESENTATION
12Minority Overrepresentation in Detention for
Pilot Sites, 2002
13FEMALES
14Female Admissions to Detention in Pilot Sites,
1993-2002
Atlantic 100.0 Camden 101.4 Essex
49.8 Hudson 46.7 Monmouth 27.3 5 Sites
62.0
15JDAI IMPACT
Changes in Detention Post-JDAI
16NJ JDAI Pilot Sites Collective Annual ADP,
2000-2006
CHANGE 03-06 Atlantic -27.3 Camden -48.3 Essex
-53.9 Hudson -13.5 Monmouth -42.5 5
Sites -43.1
17NJ JDAI Pilot Sites Collective Monthly ADP,
2003-2006
18ON AN AVERAGE DAY IN 2006 215 FEWER KIDSWERE IN
DETENTION CENTERS ACROSS JDAI SITESTHAN IN 2003
Well over ONE-THOUSAND (1,236) FEWER KIDS were
admitted to detention in 2006 than in 2003.
19NJ JDAI Pilot Sites Average LOS (in Days) in
Detention
Change -32.3
20NJ JDAI Pilot Sites Youth Staying in Detention
60 Days
21NJ JDAI Pilot Sites Collective ADP of Minority
Youth in Detention, 2003-2006
2006 VS. 2003 ACROSS JDAI SITES, 199 FEWER YOUTH
OF COLOR WERE IN DETENTION ON A GIVEN DAY. - 43
DECREASE
22NJ JDAI Sites Collective LOS in
Detention, Minority vs. Non-Minority Youth
While ALOS continues to be longer for minority
youth, the size of the disparity has been
reduced. 2003 48 Longer (16 Days) 2006
23 Longer (5 Days)
23NJ JDAI Sites Collective ADP of Girls in
Detention, 2003-2006
ACROSS JDAI SITES, THE NUMBER OF GIRLS IN
DETENTION DROPPED BY CLOSE TO TWO-THIRDS (- 62).
24REVISIT Pilot Sites Detention Admissions? vs.
Juvenile Index Arrests?, 1993-2005
THEN... 5,000 fewer index arrests -49.8 7,600
fewer total arrests -22.7 500 MORE admissions
7.7
NOW... 5,700 fewer index arrests -56.7 9,500
fewer total arrests -28.4 1,500 FEWER
admissions -23.7
25NJ JDAI5 Expansion Sites
Initial Steps Current Status
26Expansion Sites Initial Steps Current Status
Build Foundation Collaboration Leadership
Build JDAI Knowledge-Base Complete Detention
System Snapshot Begin Using Data Use
Results to Establish Subcommittees Mission
Statements Work Through System Assessment
Use NJ Core Strategy Framework Create Work Plan