§ 1251 Youth Training School Purpose

Welfare and Institutions Code·California

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•This place is for young men who are too old for juvenile schools but not serious criminals yet.
•It’s like a medium-security school where they live, learn job skills, and get help to change their behavior.
•The goal is to teach them, not just punish them like in adult prison.

Example

A 19-year-old who keeps stealing cars but isn’t violent.

Instead of sending him to adult prison, he goes here to learn a trade (like fixing cars) and get guidance so he stops breaking the law.

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§ 1251 Youth Training School Purpose

The Heman G. Stark Youth Training School shall be an intermediate security type institution. Its primary purpose shall be to provide custody, care, industrial, vocational and other training, guidance and reformatory help for young men, too mature to be benefited by the programs of correctional schools for juveniles and too immature in crime for confinement in prisons. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 555, Sec. 2.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Heman G. Stark Youth Training School intermediate security type institution custody care training guidance reformatory help

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Welfare and Institutions Code. Section 1251.

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