Committed Youth at the YSC
The YSC houses youth of various legal statuses. Committed youth have been adjudicated by a court and found to have been involved in delinquent behavior. For committed youth, the YSC is not an intended final placement, but rather a facility in which they are housed while they await a placement in a facility or other setting where they will receive services and supervision. For this reason, committed youth at the YSC are sometimes referred to as “awaiting placement” youth.
The population chart here illustrates the total number of committed youth that are housed at the YSC each day, over time. The charts below illustrate (1) the number of youth who either are newly admitted to the YSC already in committed status or who convert to committed status from some other legal status (e.g., detained status) while they are housed at the YSC, and (2) the duration of time committed youth are confined at the YSC prior to their placement in another setting.
There are cases in which committed, awaiting placement youth are housed at New Beginnings. Those youth are not identified and included in the data in the charts below.
Chart 1: Committed Youth Admitted to the YSC or Who Converted to Committed from Another Status, by Month
This chart displays the monthly number of youth who either:
- Are newly admitted to the YSC already with committed status.
- Convert to committed status from another legal status while at YSC.
The first month of the chart, October 2021, indicates that a total of seven youth were either admitted as committed or became committed while already housed at the YSC during that month.
Color Coding:
- Blue: Represents committed youth who were released as of the last date included in the data.
- Green: Represents committed youth who were admitted but remained housed at the YSC as of the last date included in the data. A green bar from two months prior to the last reported date of the data indicates that a youth admitted as committed two months ago remained housed at the YSC as of the last reported date of the data.
Thus, the sum of the totals from the green bars across all months reflects the total number of committed youth housed at the YSC as of the last reported date in the data.
Chart 2: Days Confined as a Committed Youth at Release From the YSC, By Month of Admission or Conversion to Committed Status
This chart summarizes the duration of time committed youth were confined at the YSC in committed status prior to release or transfer to a placement (i.e., the calculation excludes any time youth spent in detention legal status). Like the chart above it, the data are organized by the month committed youth were admitted or converted to committed status. The data for October 2021 reflect the amount of time committed youth admitted in that month spent at the facility prior to release.
NOTE: Only youth who were released as of the last reported date of the data are included in each month’s calculations. Any months with a green bar -- which indicates committed youth admitted, but not yet released – do not have final calculations. The data for these months exclude all youth who were admitted but not yet released as of the last reported date, and these calculations are subject to change as youth are released over time.
The data are presented by quartiles. For each month, the quartiles should be interpreted as follows:
- 25th percentile: The maximum number of days 25% of committed youth admitted in the month were housed before release.
- 50th percentile (median): The maximum number of days 50% of committed youth admitted in the month were housed before release.
- 75th percentile: The maximum number of days 75% of committed youth admitted in the month were housed before release.
- Max # Days: The maximum number of days any committed youth admitted in the month was housed before release.