Not exact matches
$ 22 million awarded to 30 programs — including Art for Incarcerated
Youth Network, Mural Arts Philadelphia, and California Lawyers for the Arts — aimed at criminal justice reform and
reducing mass
incarceration
She is a board member for a transitional home for men trying to reintegrate into society after
incarceration, and a member of the Toronto District School Board black student achievement advisory committee where she drafts policies to
reduce drop - out rates among black high school students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington
youth soccer club.
Skye Bullen, the Community Data Manager from the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project in Bourke told the symposium how the Maranguka project uses a community - based participatory research approach to
reduce the high rate of Aboriginal children and young people's offending, reoffending and
incarceration in adult prison and
youth detention.
While it is clearly critical that abusive individuals and systems in the NT are held to account, there are suggestions it will be a missed opportunity if the Royal Commission does not examine some of the wider issues, including the need to prevent and
reduce incarceration of Indigenous
youth in the first place.
Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 1809 / S.860): This legislation provides protections for juveniles and ensures that public dollars are invested in a continuum of trauma - informed care and alternatives to
incarceration and detention as a way to help dismantle the school to prison pipeline,
reduce crime, and improve
youth outcomes.