Frankie Guzmán, director of the California Youth Justice Initiative at the National Center for Youth Law, poses for a photo in his home Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Long Beach, Calif. California has moved responsibility for youth prisons to the county level, the final step toward local control in a yearslong reform effort aimed at keeping young offenders closer to home and prioritizing rehabilitation over punishment. At the local level we just don’t have the programs and services, or the culture, that’s ready to handle to the kids with real needs, those dealing with serious trauma,” said Guzmán. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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