The way in which juveniles are booked for offenses is changing.
The Cuyahoga County and announced today a new streamlined process that allows for juvenile offenders to be booked and evaluated directly at the county鈥檚 Juvenile Detention Center.
Assistant Prosecutor calls the process a historic agreement that:
鈥淩educes the amount of time that kids will be in the booking process, that removes these kids from Cleveland City Jail where they鈥檙e exposed to rapists, murderers and pedophiles, and gets more police officers back on the street instead of doing taxi service,鈥� said Deskins.
Previously, juvenile offenders were transported to a local police station and then booked at the before being transferred to the Juvenile Detention Center.