By Celeste Fremon, Witness LA, September 17, 2019
On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced he would be replacing the top person at California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), which is the state’s youth lock-up system that Newsom wants to see reformed.
The division’s present leader, Director Chuck Supple, will be “stepping down effective immediately citing health reasons,” according to the statement released by the governor’s office.
Director Supple was appointed as Director of DJJ in August of 2017, by Governor Jerry Brown, but has been with the department for over 14 years, serving earlier as a parole agent who helped kids coming out of DJJ with reentry. Prior to his time in the youth justice arena, he spent two decades facilitating community service in various capacities at local, state and national levels.
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