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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Juvenile courts in the U.S.
process…approximately
4,600 delinquency cases
per day.
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On any given day,
approximately 70,000
young people are in
juvenile detention...
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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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Nearly 3 of every 4 youth
confined...for delinquency
are not in for a serious
violent felony crime.
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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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Youth housed in adult jails
are 36 times more likely to
commit suicide than youth
housed in juvenile
detention facilities.
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Black youth are 9 times as
likely to be sentenced to
adult prisons as white youth.
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Children as young as 11
have been sentenced to
life without the possibility
of parole.
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[Y]outh of color…receive
harsher treatment than their
white counterparts, even...
with identical charges and
offending histories.
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Research shows that youth
confined for longer
periods... are no less likely to
reoffend than youth
confined for shorter periods.
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America’s heavy reliance
on juvenile incarceration is
unique among the world’s
developed nations.
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Juvenile in Justice
Richard Ross, photographer
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Write a letter.
“You are part of the World”
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No content
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ADVICE:
(Asst. Super M. Byrd)
● Short letter/card
● Nothing personal
● Nothing provocative
● Use words of
encouragement
● Empathy for recipient
(PoC, urban, male)
“Hey Brother,”
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ADVICE:
● Find a
quote
● Handwrite
(if legible)
● Sign with a
single initial