Probation Interventions
California has the largest and most expensive prison system in the nation. We pay $71,000 to incarcerate a young person for one year. Youth begin entering the juvenile justice system as early as at 11 years of age and sometimes don’t exit until they are 24. The MBA Project is dedicated to supporting these children by giving them the resources they need to gain impulse control and create healthier lifestyles for themselves and their communities. MBA offers classes in Probation settings, including youth prisons, juvenile halls, and detention camps. In these settings we work with Probation staff, Juvenile judges, and Mental Health staff to integrate our programming into the institutional culture, and to drive institutional change.
MBA’s Probation interventions are designed to be delivered in a classroom setting. If we have access to the outdoors, as at some detention camps, we incorporate nature elements into our programming, as at the Log Cabin program.
