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Juvenile Incarceration

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.

Oregon Senate passes series of reforms to juvenile sentencing

“On a vote of 20-10, the Senate passed SB 1008 Tuesday. It is the distillation of several bills from earlier this session dealing with juvenile sentencing. The most significant proposals include: removing the requirement that 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds be charged as adults for certain crimes; establishing the process for "second look" hearings half-way through a sentence being served by a juvenile convicted in adult court; banning life sentences without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders; and allowing hearings to determine if people in Oregon Youth Authority custody should be turned over to adult prisons when they reach 27.“

Salem Statesman Journal

April 16, 2019

Juvenile IncarcerationPhillip ReevesApril 16, 2019Salem Statesman Journal, OregonComment

Juvenile Incarceration

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