On Wednesday, New York City moved its juvenile justice department under the purview of its child welfare agency. The New York Times reports that the decision is expected to improve the provision of therapeutic services and thus reduce juvenile detention:
“Under the new arrangement, youths who commit crimes but are not considered dangerous will have easier access to an expanding assortment of in-home programs managed by the Administration for Children’s Services, the child welfare agency. This will allow them to stay in their neighborhoods with their families while following a strict set of rules requiring them to stay out of trouble, keep curfews and meet educational goals.”
In California, county probation departments are responsible for youth who get into trouble. The Ella Baker Center’s Books Not Bars campaign advocates for counties to implement arrangements like this one that emphasize community-based treatment over punishment. Read a full account of the decision here.
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Privatization without just compensation will be the next social progression leading to further youth exploitation.
Deregulated professionals in the form of social advocates, community based operations and faith based vanguards are all on the horizon lurking for the opportunity to fulfill contracts of fruits of evil proportion.
Under the guise of reform and rehabilitation they all will come seeking funds and watering down the delivery of comprehensive services.
Who will cry for the little boy as Antoine Fisher was quoted.
Art imitates life and life imitates art… Any one youths’ life is worth more than the tragic telling of their story post mortum
We need to get to the root of the problem. The youth warehouses are designed to fail our youth. Our youth need equal opportunities,jobs,education and not education of what to think but how to think allowing them to become productive members of society.
We need to get to the root of the problem. The youth warehousis are designed to fail our youth. Our youth need justice, not just-us system. Equal opportunities, jobs, education and not education of what to think but how to think allowing them the ability to become thinkers which will make our youth productive members of society and not a burden on society.
We need to get to the root of the problem. The youth warehouses are designed to fail our youth. Our youth need justice, not just-us system. Equal opportunities, jobs, education and not education of what to think but how to think allowing them the ability to become thinkers which will make our youth productive members of society and not a burden on society.