Juvenile Detainees Can Get Time Outdoors But Most Like Staying Inside

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A large outdoor recreation facility, built at the S.F. Juvenile Justice Center in 2006 as part of a $47 million renovation, has sat largely unused for the past five years. Photo by Jason Henry/Bay Citizen

By Trey Bundy, Bay Citizen

Boys and girls confined in San Francisco’s juvenile hall might rather be elsewhere, but most aren’t in a hurry to go outside.

That is according to an anonymous survey of detainees at the city’s Juvenile Justice Center, where almost two-thirds of the young offenders said they don’t like outdoor recreation.

Of the survey’s 53 respondents, only 10 said they participated in outdoor exercise every day. When they did participate, nearly a third reported spending less than an hour outside.

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