from Urban Institute:
In the United States, 48,000 young people are held in detention facilities each day. That’s 48,000 young people separated from their families, schools, communities, and the lives they sought to build.
Though the criminal legal system exists to decrease crime, it often sets the stage for a significant likelihood of young people reoffending. Data show 55 percent of young people who have been incarcerated are rearrested within one year of their release, with almost half of them returning to residential facilities. And largely because of systemic racism embedded in the legal system, Black, Latinx, and Native young people experience the highest rates of incarceration—ultimately widening racial and ethnic disparities in life outcomes, including employment.
But one alternative could decrease the recidivism rate and divert young people away from the criminal legal system altogether. Continue reading >>>
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