Posts tagged Governing Institute
What Juvenile Justice Needs: Care, Not Cages

“We need a new vision for youth justice, one with love as its organizing principle that defines healing, restoration and renewal as its core objectives. This vision challenges the notion that youth who have been involved in and impacted by violence must be incarcerated to achieve public safety. In short, such a new vision asks what we would want for our own children.“

Governing Institute

August 16, 2019

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What Juvenile Justice Needs: Care, Not Cages

“A critical resource in this equation was a credible messenger -- a community-rooted, transformative mentor who shares similar life experiences with the youth they engage. Credible messengers build trusting relationships with youth and families as they guide them through a process of growth, taking accountability for harm caused, and redemption.“

Governing Institute

August 16, 2019

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