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Below are contacts for organizations and individuals who are actively working on reducing the prosecution of youth in adult court.
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Arizona Action for Children Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 602-266-0707 Website: http://www.azchildren.org/
Arizona Action for Children is working to reduce the prosecution of youth in adult court in Arizona and is focusing on two bills during the 2010 session 1) SB 1088 which would allow for a “reverse remand hearing” to decide whether a case of a youth defendant should move from adult court to juvenile court; and 2) SB 1009 which clarifies the age of a youth who could be prosecuted as an adult.
Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 303-758-2454 Website: www.ccdb.org
Advocates in Colorado are working to remove youth charged as adults from adult jails and to reduce the prosecution of youth in adult criminal court.
Say “Yes” Campaign at the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance (CTJJA)
The Connecticut Juvenile 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. 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! Learn more about Connecticut's successful campaign on the Raise the Age: A Success Story Webpage.
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D.C. Lawyers for Youth (“DCLY”) is an organization founded by alumni of the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic. The purpose of DCLY is to improve the Washington D.C. juvenile justice system through advocacy, direct service, and the dissemination of information.
Contact: Shani O’Neal, Director Justice for DC Youth (JDCY) Email:
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Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 847-864-1567 Website: http://www.jjustice.org/
Community Law in Action (CLIA) Email:
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Website: www.cliayouth.org
Maryland advocates led by Community Law in Action, the Public Justice Center and the Eric R. Villines Advocacy Institute are undertaking research to document the issue of youth placed in the Baltimore City Jail.
Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CFJJ) Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 617-338-1050 Website: http://www.cfjj.org/
Founded in 1994, CfJJ advocates for a fair and effective juvenile justice system. CfJJ is undertaking research to document the prosecution of youth in adult court and recommend changes to MA’s law.
Raise the Age, Raise the Bar, Raise the Youth campaign at IJJRA Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 718-804-8852 Website: www.ijjra.org
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: http://www.ncchild.org/ Phone: 919-834-6623 ext. 234
Contact: Shannon Wight, Associate Director Partnership for Safety and Justice (PSJ) believes that public safety is best served when youth in trouble are held accountable and given the services they need to succeed in the juvenile justice system rather than the adult criminal justice system. PSJ has launched the “Youth Justice Campaign” to combat the laws that automatically try, sentence and imprison youth in our adult system. Contact: Kate Duvall, Staff Attorney The Don’t Throw Away the Key Campaign is working to reduce the number of kids in the adult criminal justice system and end the placement of kids in adult jails in Virginia.
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