Show 1 he Her llcl Journal Logan Utah Sunday Of tobor I lJH6 Study: Detention of children costing taxpayers billions By Lori Santos WASHINGTON (UPI) the total Baunach said they made up more than half of those in for lesser offenses like tru ancy or running away The study found that during the year more than 1 million juveniles walked in or out of the public facilities and about 93 percent of them were accused of or had been found guilty of criminal offenses Of those 19 percent were held on charges of murder rape robbery or aggravated assault But almost half 48 percent were held for property offenses — Taxpayers in 1984 spent more than J12 billion to jail 49000 juveniles about 93 percent of who were accused of criminal acts a Justice Department survey said recently In addition the department's Bureau of Justice Statistics said preliminary findings show another 34000 children were held that year in about 2000 private facilities usually for less serious offenses The study which defined juveniles as generally under 18 years of age found that on Feb 1 1985 49322 minors were held in 1040 public detention facilities — 18 percent of which had more residents than they could handle The 1984 yearend total Open Dally Sunday 10-- mostly burglary arson larceny or car theft the report said Another 10 percent were detained on probation violations and 6 percent for drug and alcohol offenses The rest were mostly truants runaways or curfew uo'ators Boys accounted for 85 percent of the toial and 61 percent were white About 82 percent of the juveniles were between 14 and 17 the report said The awrage national cost of housing one juvenile for a year was SJ3C00 the bureau said — tion in public facilities it held more people than it was designed to Baunach said I'he study based on the 1985 census of public juvenile deten- with 12524 followed by Ohio 3058 Texas 2209 and Florida 2179 But nearly half of all the juveniles were held in facilities tion that were overcrowded the study found The larger the facility the greater the chances facilities found that 56 percent were locally operated but 63 percent of the juveniles facilities were held in state-run FOR PARTIES OR CARNIVALS W : FISH POND Vnlrrl NOVELTY ITEMS NOW IN SIOCK Avrnue 9-- 9 yyTAmerica’s Favorite Store 6 Regular Prices May Vary At Some Stores Due To Local Competition marked a 1 percent increase over two years earlier The figures mean that about putting the total cost at more than $124 billion for state and local governments The price for a day was an average $69 Costs ranged higher in the Northeast — with an annual average of $39900 a person — to $22900 in West which had the highest confinement rate and was the only region to increase the number of juveniles in custody from 1982 The greatest decline was in the Northeast down 6 percent the study showed California had the largest juvenile popula jl iwix --file 185 of every 100000 juveniles nationwide were in jail during 1984 — a 5 percent increase over the 1983 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