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LA County leads the world in youth incarceration, including having the world’s largest juvenile halls, Probation camps (youth prisons), county jail system, Probation Department and Sheriffs Department. LA County is #1 in the U.S. in deportation.
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PlaceCost Los Angeles$233,600* Chicago$204,400 San Diego$127,750 Houston$84,680 * Probation Camps
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Aizer, Anna, and Joseph J. Doyle Jr. Juvenile incarceration, human capital and future crime: Evidence from randomly-assigned judges. No. w19102. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013.
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Law Enforcement Spending by City - L.A. is U.S. Highest CityPercentage of Unrestricted Budget Allocated to Police (FY 2015-2016) City of Los Angeles53.3% Charlotte, NC43.2% Dallas, Texas40.5% Chicago, Illinois39% San Diego, CA37% Houston, Texas36% Indianapolis, Indiana28% Phoenix, Arizona22% Portland, Oregon16% New York City15%
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YJC youth leaders investigated the budgets for all 57 law enforcement departments within LA County, interviewed young people on their experiences with the police, and surveyed 1,200 residents on a 50 mile march from Sylmar Juvenile Hall to Norwalk. Why did we prioritize youth centers, youth jobs and intervention workers?
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Total Population Youth (10-24) Police Spending Per capita spending (Police) YDD Spending Per youth capita spending (YDD) Police: YDD Spending Ratio LA youth population* City's per capita YDD expenditure Boston617,594 156,725 $323,509,388 $524 $30,376,147 *$1942.7$156,968,755 New York8,175,133 1,606,307 $9,397,668,398 $1150 $503,156,38 0 $3133.7$254,199,625 San Francisco 805,235 114,395 $544,721,549 **$676 $99,881,170 $8730.8$700,963,366 Los Angeles3,928,864 810,421 $2,566,431,967 $653 $36,303,119 $4514.5$36,303,119 Law Enforcement and Youth Development Spending by City
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Total Population Youth (10-24) Police Spending Per capita spending (Police) YDD Spending Per youth capita spending (YDD) Police: YDD Spending Ratio LA youth population* City's per capita YDD expenditure Boston617,594 156,725 $323,509,388 $524 $30,376,147 *$1942.7$156,968,755 New York8,175,133 1,606,307 $9,397,668,398 $1150 $503,156,38 0 $3133.7$254,199,625 San Francisco 805,235 114,395 $544,721,549 **$676 $99,881,170 $8730.8$700,963,366 Los Angeles3,928,864 810,421 $2,566,431,967 $653 $36,303,119 $4514.5$36,303,119 Los Angeles City with 5% redirection of LAPD & LACA 3,928,864 810,421 $2,438,110,369 $621 $174,039,374 $2152.9$174,039,374 Law Enforcement and Youth Development Spending by City
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