Innovative Thinking Hopes to Reduce Recidivism for Orange County’s Incarcerated Youth

The County of Orange Probation Department in Orange, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Changes aimed at teaching skills and fostering leadership are underway at the Orange County Juvenile Hall to help youth with longer sentences, after a new California bill passed in 2021 has increased their time in such facilities to the age of 25.

Previously, youth could only remain at such facilities until the age of 18 or 21 before being transferred to a state-run juvenile prison.