Court officials expressed concern over the potential loss of more than $700K in revenue, saying the fees paid for important programs that help youths.
Utah lawmakers passed legislation that brought sweeping changes to how youths are treated in the juvenile justice system two years ago. In this photo, a 16-year-old Utah boy is led into a Davis County courtroom in 2014.Utah legislators could soon eliminate fines in the juvenile justice system, joining a growing number of states who’ve recently abolished court-ordered fees as a way to punish youths.
Weiler told a legislative subcommittee on Tuesday that the burden of paying those fines is often left to the parents — which creates an issue of equity in the youth criminal justice system. “We are dealing with young people,” Vickery said. “And the goal of what we’re doing in the juvenile court system is to impose orders to have a rehabilitative effect on their behavior. And if we’re in a situation where a young person is able to pay a fine and walk out the door, the question is ‘How much rehabilitative impact is that having?’”
The legislation did receive some pushback on Tuesday, mostly juvenile prosecutors from around the state who said young people working jobs often would rather pay a fine than work community service hours.
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