Sacramento County incarcerates girls in high numbers. Here's how that could change
Sacramento County, which has California's fifth-highest number of girls behind bars, is taking part in a new statewide initiative to eradicate the ...
Sacramento County, which has California's fifth-highest number of girls behind bars, is taking part in a new statewide initiative to eradicate the incarceration of girls. The California Office of Youth and Community Restoration announced this week that Sacramento County was chosen to receive grant funding to analyze its practices around locking up girls and gender-expansive youth — a term used to describe those who identify as transgender, nonbinary and gender-fluid. Working with the New York-based nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, the county will be tasked with identifying systemic gaps and developing new programs and policies to quickly reduce the number of girls it incarcerates on a daily basis.