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October 26, 2007
RI: Real Impacts: the actual results of RI's new law that charges 17 year olds as adults
Family Life Center report--Real Impacts: the actual results of RI's new law that charges 17 year olds as adults
The Family Life Center's new report "Real Impacts: the actual results of RI's new law that charges 17-year-olds as adults" documents what has happened since July, 2007 when the RI legislature adopted this new policy. The report found that the new policy is not only more costly, it unduly punishes juveniles, particularly juveniles from disadvantaged backgrounds and from communities of color. In fact, 17-year-olds of color are 28 times more likely to end up in adult prison than white 17-year-olds. The report recommends that the new long be reversed as soon as possible and that the records of those already affected be retroactively undone.
the report can be downloaded at http://www.riflc.org/index.php?name=reports
Posted by lois at October 26, 2007 06:31 PM