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Juvenile in Justice

Spiro Bolos
January 28, 2025

Juvenile in Justice

Based on Richard Ross's project and book. See: https://www.richardross.net/juvenile-in-justice

Classroom lesson plan includes original questions for analysis, links to original photos and pages from Ross's book (used with permission). See: https://sia.posthaven.com/OqzXL8TXWtXXsum2YQnqF72Y

Original slideshow available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NkQ36QJGqvmV-M1PsRNbN1QEcDRHB-SQ7OWCltgA-kM/edit?usp=sharing

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January 28, 2025
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  1. Your assignment 1. Where is the youth being housed/held? 2.

    What is the age of the offender? ACE points? 3. What was the offense? 4. What is the most interesting detail (visual or in the text) and why?
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  4. The cost for a typical stay in a juvenile detention

    facility is $66,000 to $88,000... for 9 to 12 months.
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  6. Nearly 3 of every 4 youth confined...for delinquency are not

    in for a serious violent felony crime.
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  8. Two-thirds of males and three-quarters of females in the juvenile

    justice system meet the criteria for one or more psychiatric disorders.
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  10. Youth housed in adult jails are 36 times more likely

    to commit suicide than youth housed in juvenile detention facilities.
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  12. Black youth are 9 times as likely to be sentenced

    to adult prisons as white youth.
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  14. Children as young as 11 have been sentenced to life

    without the possibility of parole.
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  17. Research shows that youth confined for longer periods... are no

    less likely to reoffend than youth confined for shorter periods.
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  38. ADVICE: (Asst. Super M. Byrd) • Short letter/card • Nothing

    personal • Nothing provocative • Use words of encouragement • Empathy for recipient (PoC, urban, male) “Hey Brother,”