Nationally, on any given night, approximately 81,000 youth are confined to juvenile facilities and 10,000 children are held in adult jails and prisons. Approximately 1 in 10 young male high school dropouts is incarcerated or in juvenile detention. For African Americans, that number is 1 in 4. Research shows that just over two million youth under the age of 18 were arrested in 2008. Of these two million, about 95 percent had not been accused of violent crimes. In 2010, of the nearly 100,000 youth under the age of 18 who were serving time in a juvenile residential placement facility, 26 percent had been convicted of property crimes only, such as burglary, arson, or theft. Access to education both stems the tide of incarceration and improves inmates chances of re-acclimating to society after their release.
“Fonda has teamed up with Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries, a youth program aimed at providing hope, training, and support to ex-cons and former gang members. Activists say the programs interrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline and reduce the number of young people in the criminal justice systems. Governor Newsom has vowed to end juvenile imprisonment in California as it stands.“
KSRO Sonoma County
June 21, 2019
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