Change The System Current Campaigns
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The Campaign for Youth Justice and its allies throughout the country have launched the Act 4 Juvenile Justice campaign to reauthorize and strengthen the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). Congress needs to hear how urgent it is to remove youth from adult jails and prisons! Action Alert: Tell the Senate: Pass Juvenile Justice Reform Now! If you live in one of the states listed below, please check out how you can take action now! Don’t see a campaign action in your state? Check our “state contacts” listing to see if there is a group actively working on reducing the prosecution of youth in adult court.
The Connecticut Junvenile Justice Alliance (CTJJA) launched a campaign to end the practice of automatically prosecuting all 16 & 17 year olds as adults. On January 1, 2010 CT's new law went into effect to remove 16 year olds from adult court. Through the YES campaign, CTJJA is working to ensure that the new law stays on track and that the January 1, 2012 deadline to remove all 17 year olds from adult court is met! Action Alert: Join the YES campaign! To take action, click here
Baltimore youth, parents, families and advocates have launched a campaign, "Stop the Baltimore Youth Jail" to halt the state of Maryland from building a new jail for youth charged as adults, spending more than $100 million dollars! This proposed 180-230 bed jail is not needed, will not improve public safety outcomes, and will make it easier for the state to prosecute more youth in adult criminal court.
North Carolina is one of two states where youths ages 16 & 17 are automatically tried as adults. The North Carolina General Assembly established a Youth Accountability Task Force in 2009 to make reccomendations on how to implement changes to NC's law by January 2011. The North Carolina Raise the Age Campaign is actively working to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction from 16 to 18. Action Alert: Get Children out of the Adult System! To take action, click here Action Alert: Don’t Throw Away the Key!
The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families has launched “Justice for Wisconsin Youth” a statewide campaign with the initial goal of returning 17 year olds to the juvenile justice system. To take action, click here |
