San Francisco will close its youth detention center by 2021

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will close its juvenile hall by the end of 2021 after supervisors voted to end the practice of holding children in jail cells while they await their judicial fate. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to close the 150-bed facility that currently houses 39 children.
Supervisors say the move makes San Francisco the first major U.S. city to shut down a youth detention facility.
Instead, the city will develop home-li