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December 16, 2009
Campaign for Youth Justice: Reauthorization of S.678...Juvenile Justice Act. Contact your sentator now.
Tell the Senate: Pass Juvenile Justice Reform Now!
Targeting: The U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Campaign for Youth Justice
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009, S. 678, has been introduced and is awaiting action in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), which provides federal funding to states that comply with a set of best practices aimed at avoiding the detention and incarceration of young people in juvenile and adult facilities.
It's a good law, and is needed now more than ever to end the over-incarceration of young people of color in the justice system and stop the inappropriate use of adult jails for warehousing children charged as adults.
Unfortunately, the Senate may adjourn for the holidays before the Judiciary Committee or the full Senate updates and passes this critical legislation. While the Senate goes "home for the holidays", thousands of youth will be miles away from their families and communities in adult jails, prisons and juvenile detention and correctional facilities.
If you believe that it is urgent to stop putting youth in adult jails and prisons, to end the over-incarceration of youth of color in the justice system, and instead to devote more resources to effective juvenile justice programs such as alternatives to detention and incarceration, contact the Senate now and urge them to move the bill in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate now!
Link to website to contact your senator.
http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_the_senate_pass_juvenile_justice_reform_now
Posted by lois at December 16, 2009 08:29 PM