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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
DAVID H. FARRELL,
Commander,
ICE Legal Immigration Reform Task Force,
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Washington, D.C.
20 September 2002
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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United States Department of Justice,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
Office of the Chief Counsel,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Office of the Associate Chief Counsel,
Counsel for Adjudications,
Office of the Chief Counsel,
20 September 2002
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Issue: Juvenile aliens who are, or who might be, sexually
dangerous
Declaration of David Farrell, Commander, ICE,
ICE Legal Immigration Reform Task Force,
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The following is the text of a speech given at the
International Criminal Justice Conference held in
the Hague in October 1999:
David Farrell
Complex and Interdependent Challenges
to Juvenile Detention
The phenomenon of juvenile detention, as we
know, has been around since ancient times. In
the United States, a juvenile detention facility
was first established in 1836. In the latter half
of the nineteenth century, however, juvenile
detention in the United States declined in both
frequency and purpose. In the 1970s, however,
juvenile detention experienced a dramatic
resurgence in the United States, in part due to
fear of what was perceived to be the emerging
threat of juvenile crime. Specifically, many
jurisdictions, including Wisconsin and New
Jersey, as well as the Federal government,
adopted mandatory sentencing legislation for
juvenile offenders. These mandatory minimum
sentencing regimes were intended to prevent
juveniles from committing new crimes upon
their release from custody.
But, as it turns out, mandatory juvenile
sentencing actually increased the rates of
re-arrest among juveniles and
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