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123580 1 (1984-03-07)

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             UNITED  STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                     Washington,  D.C.  20548

                                      FOR RELEASE DURING HEARINGS
                                      SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 7, 1984



                          STATEMENT  OF

                          ARNOLD P. JONES

                    SENIOR ASSOCIATE  DIRECTOR

                    GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION

                           BEFORE THE                        123580

                 SUBCOMMITTEE ON  HUMAN RESOURCES

             HOUSE COMMITTEE ON  EDUCATION AND LABOR



     Mr. Chairman and members of  the subcommittee, we appreciate

the opportunity to testify before you  today on our preliminary

observations concerning the Office of Juvenile  Justice and

Delinquency Prevention's program  to evaluate state monitoring

reports and the administration's statements  that the objectives

of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency  Prevention Act o  1974

have been largely accomplished.  In response  to your April 29,

1983, request we expect to  issue a report to you later this

year.

     The act was established with  several basic objectivOs.

Three of these objectives have been cited by  the Departm nt of

Justice as key.  They are  (1) deinstitutionalize status offend-

ers and juveniles not charged with an offense;  (2) separate

juveniles from incarcerated adults; and  (3) remove juveniles

from adult incarceration facilities.  The administration  has

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