Juvenile Justice System

Former San Quentin Warden Supports Prop. 5: Responsible Plan to Reduce Prison Overcrowding

Jeanne Woodford | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Juvenile Crime, Youth, California, Prison, California Propositions, Proposition 5, Prop 5, Jail, Juvenile Justice System, Voting, Politics News
Jeanne Woodford

Prop. 5 starts with youth. It launches the state's first system offering drug treatment for at-risk youth. Stop addiction early, and we reduce crime.

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Sentencing Children to Die in Prison

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Juvenile Justice System, Equal Justics Initiative, Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Children's Defense Fund, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

The EJI study found 73 cases in the United States where 13- and 14-year-olds have been sentenced to life without parole -- in other words, sentenced to die in prison.

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Mass Incarceration of Children Must End

J. Richard Cohen | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Discipline, Juvenile Justice System, Children, Juvenile Crime, Prison, Juvenile Dentention, Juvenile Justice, Politics News
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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Pretrial Detention is Preventive Detention for Many Minority Youth

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joshua Pomier, Imprisonment, Crime, San Bernardino District Attorney, Mike Ramos, Racial Disparities, Juvenile Justice System, African-American Youth, Pre Trial Dentention, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Even with the plunge in juvenile and adult crime, the numbers of youth and young adults incarcerated for lengthy pre-detention jail time nearly doubled in the 1990s.

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