The Campaign for Youth Justice has numerous recommendations for local, state, and federal policymakers, along with those working within or alongside the criminal justice system, to ameliorate these negative consequences of trying and incarcerating youth in the United States as adults.
Pass the reauthorization and strengthening of the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) to reform federal prisons and incentivize states to remove youth from adult facilities, eliminate the incarceration of status offenders, protect youth in adult facilities with sight and sound separation, and decrease the amount of disproportionate minority contact throughout the criminal justice system.
Restore PELL Grants to both the currently incarcerated and those previously convicted of a drug offense.
Strengthen the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Youthful Inmate Standard by encouraging state compliance and sunsetting state assurances.
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