Juvenile justice: recidivism.

Existing law provides that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation consists of Juvenile Justice, among others. Existing law creates within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under the Chief Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice, the Division of Juvenile Facilities, the Division of Juvenile Programs, and the Division of Juvenile Parole Operations. This bill would make a clarifying change by creating the Division of Juvenile Justice. The bill would also make other nonsubstantive conforming changes. Existing law states that the purpose of the Division of Juvenile Parole Operations within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is to monitor and supervise the reentry into society of youthful offenders under the jurisdiction of the department, and to promote the successful reintegration of youthful offenders into society, in order to reduce the rate of recidivism, thereby increasing public safety. This bill would require the Division of Juvenile Justice to collect recidivism rates, as specified, of youthful offenders under the jurisdiction of the department. The bill would also require the division to create an annual report that includes recidivism outcomes and rate data and post that data on the department's Internet Web site.