Opinion: I was sentenced to 30 years to life at 16. I shouldn’t have been sent into the adult system.
The article below was recently shared with me by Carol Sullivan, a fellow yoga facilitator in Denver and leader of Yoga And Then Some. Author…
Category: Youth Incarceration
MARYLAND BANS SENTENCING CHILDREN TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
Maryland is the 25th state in addition to Washington, D.C., to bar life sentences to children without parole. With the vote, hundreds of people will…
Isolated Youth during Pandemic Lockdown
Throughout this article you will hear personal stories from our countries’ youth who experienced incarceration during the pandemic lockdown. The article discusses the decline in…
San Diego County to make phone calls free for people in jail and juvenile detention
A unanimous victory in San Diego, sighting the importance of human connection. ” The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to make…
Racial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist
The Sentencing Project recently released a new report on youth incarceration. The findings are frustrating, but sadly not surprising: Black and American Indian youth are…