A local lawmaker who helped write the new juvenile justice law and the Luzerne County district attorney both agreed that changes are needed.
State Senator Lisa Baker said getting cash for sending young people to a juvenile detention center won't happen again because of a new law she helped create.
"But for those kids that went before a court system, that shakes their fundamental view of how our system works. I was very very troubled by it," Senator Baker said.
The new law calls for the state to form a commission to examine how the juvenile justice system became corrupt and how to prevent it from happening again.
"The work of the commission and the results is what will restore that confidence and the remedies and reforms we expect to come from the commission should restore that confidence," Baker added.
At the bill signing in Harrisburg lawmakers praised Luzerne County District Attorney Jackie Musto Carroll for her role in restoring trust in the juvenile court system in Luzerne County.
Musto said she welcomes the new law to protect juveniles. "I never want to forget about the victims. We also have to think about the victims. So the future victims will be well served by this," Musto Carroll said.
Lawmakers have 25 days to pick the commission. That commission has about a year to create a report with recommendations.
State Senator Lisa Baker said getting cash for sending young people to a juvenile detention center won't happen again because of a new law she helped create.
"But for those kids that went before a court system, that shakes their fundamental view of how our system works. I was very very troubled by it," Senator Baker said.
The new law calls for the state to form a commission to examine how the juvenile justice system became corrupt and how to prevent it from happening again.
"The work of the commission and the results is what will restore that confidence and the remedies and reforms we expect to come from the commission should restore that confidence," Baker added.
At the bill signing in Harrisburg lawmakers praised Luzerne County District Attorney Jackie Musto Carroll for her role in restoring trust in the juvenile court system in Luzerne County.
Musto said she welcomes the new law to protect juveniles. "I never want to forget about the victims. We also have to think about the victims. So the future victims will be well served by this," Musto Carroll said.
Lawmakers have 25 days to pick the commission. That commission has about a year to create a report with recommendations.
