Dozens of Prosecutors and Youth Corrections Officials Call to Close All Youth Prisons

Dozens of Prosecutors and Youth Corrections Officials Call to Close All Youth Prisons

Mike Langenright
Ideas and Opinions, National News, Juvenile Justice News

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.

The Lasting Effects of Food Insecurity in Early Childhood

The Lasting Effects of Food Insecurity in Early Childhood

Mike Langenright
Listening Recommendations

We have been on quarantine pause but Spitfires and Hotshots is back with a timely new episode featuring Dr. Jeremy Coplan whose decades of research on early childhood food insecurity reveals lasting effects on physical and behavioral health. We explore the link between food insecurity and behaviors associated with Conduct Disorder, and the underlying health conditions that increase the risk of serious complications from COVID-19.

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