Dozens of Prosecutors and Youth Corrections Officials Call to Close All Youth Prisons
From the Youth Correction Leaders for Justice: As prosecutors, youth correctional administrators, and other concerned individuals, we have too often witnessed the failures of our country’s system of youth justice. The United States has long been the global leader in youth incarceration, locking up young people at a far higher rate than other industrialized nations, resulting in further trauma and fraying family and social ties, rather than improving children’s lives. By any measure, our overuse of incarceration for youth is ineffective, inefficient, and inhumane.
