Transcript Youth in Minnesota`s Correctional Facilities

Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Youth in Minnesota’s Correctional
Facilities
January 19, 2011
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Facilities
• Youth surveyed were
in 22 juvenile
correctional facilities
across the state,
including:
– Mille Lacs Academy
– First City School
– Epsilon Program
– Pines School
– MCF- Red Wing
– Prairie Lakes School
– Woodland Hills
Academy
– Arrowhead Juvenile
Justice Center
– Boys Totem Town
584 surveys were completed
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Demographics
54% of students 16 or 17 years old; 31% are 15
and younger
Female, 18%
Male, 82%
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Race
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Findings based on a Matched Sample
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Whether Youth Currently Have or
Have Ever Had an IEP
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Whether Youth Currently or Have Received
Free/Reduced Price School Lunch
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Family
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Family Composition
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Talk to Father about Problems
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Talk to Mother about Problems
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Family Alcohol & Drug Use
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
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Victimization
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
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Domestic Violence
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Sexual Violence
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Dating Violence
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Mental health
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Treated for a Mental Health Problem
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Self-Harm
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
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Mental Health Indicators
Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities:
Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
Conclusions
• Youth in Minnesota’s correctional facilities
experience higher rates of personal trauma,
family drug and alcohol use and mental
health issues than do youth in mainstream
schools.
• Juvenile justice has been the primary
referral for youth with mental illness
• Correctional facilities are de facto mental
health and special education providers