“Our juvenile justice system is badly in need of repair. Our juvenile justice system relies heavily on incarceration, an approach that wastes taxpayer dollars, tears youth and families apart, and perpetuates racial disparities—without improving public safety. Each year an estimated 1.7 million cases are referred to juvenile courts and 400,000 youngsters cycle through juvenile detention centers.”
Mind-boggling… the pictures in this report capture most of it. It would seem there’s a better way of going about this, right? -B
link: REFORMING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, Annie E. Casey Foundation
