Juvenile Dentention

Mass Incarceration of Children Must End

J. Richard Cohen | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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J. Richard Cohen

This reliance on mass incarceration of children is not only cruel and counterproductive, it's extremely costly to taxpayers. And it damages our economy by sapping so much potential from our youth.

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Reforming Juvenile Injustice

Carol Chodroff | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Carol Chodroff

Our nation's juvenile justice policies are replete with contradictions between practices proven to prevent crime, and punitive laws politicians promote to get elected.

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Missouri's Humane and Sensible Approach to Juvenile Justice

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Juvenile Crime, Crime, Children, Child Watch, Marian Wright Edelman, Juvenile Justice, At-Risk Youth, Missouri, Juvenile Dentention, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

We should stop spending a fortune on traditional, non-therapeutic, correctional facilities and then releasing youth back into our communities with little done to address their rehabilitation and education needs.

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Let's Put the "Justice" Back in Our Juvenile Justice System

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Drug Sentencing, War on Drugs, Juvenile Dentention, Juvenile Crime, Children, Incarcerated Black Youths, Incarceration Rates, Shaquanda Cotton, America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Children's Defense Fund, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

We can do better. Incarceration shouldn't be our society's first or primary response to a minority youth in trouble.

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Young, Black and Locked Up

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Juvenile Dentention, Juvenile Crime, Children's Health, Incarcerated Teens, Incarceration, Incarceration Rates, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Our ranking as the world's number one jailer represents a monumental national failure. We need to refocus what we do with the children we detain.

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"'B****** Fighting" the Troubling Trend Among Some Young Women

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.13.2007 | Living

Read More: Black Women, Girl Fighting, Women, Prisons, Juvenile Dentention, Violence Among Women, Hate Crimes, Gang Violence, Violence, Shontae Blanche, Weapons, Living News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The willingness of more young women, especially black women, to resort to fisticuffs to settle disputes has become an even bigger problem.

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