# Raise the Age adds chaos to juvenile detention — and to NYC’s streets

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/raise-the-age-adds-chaos-to-juvenile-detention-and-to-nycs-streets/
- Published: 2026-11-10T01:33:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T02:33:50+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/09/opinion/raise-the-age-adds-chaos-to-juvenile-detention-and-nycs-streets/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- The article links New York’s youth detention overcrowding to Raise the Age.
- It cites rising juvenile crime figures between 2020 and 2025.
- A June riot at Horizon injured 12 staff and residents.

## Summary

This opinion article argues that New York City’s Raise the Age law has coincided with rising juvenile crime while youth detention capacity has failed to keep pace. It says overcrowding at the city’s two juvenile centres has worsened conditions for young people and staff, raising questions about safety, education and rehabilitation.

The article cites increases from 2020 to 2025 in juvenile rape victims (434 to 571), felony assaults on children (1,297 to 2,610) and robberies (924 to 1,570). It says the centres held 362 young people in May, and that 187 were at Horizon in June, which has 125 beds; a riot there left 12 staff and residents seriously injured. It also reports that the stated resident count fell from 259 to 195 on 29 September, around the time officials announced community monitoring for some young people awaiting trial.

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