Juvenile Offenders in Adult Jails Archives

Kids in Adult Jails: Almost Half States Stopping Practice

Oct 16, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Campaign for Youth Justice, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile Offenders in Adult Jails, Prison suicide, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid The Campaign for Youth Justice just released a report that states that a number of legislative bodies in America have revisited the concept of warehousing teen offenders in adult facilities. America detains 70,000 youths per day — WaPo. There are now numerous bodies of evidence that this practice not only keeps the offenders

Abandoned Youth

Oct 11, 2012deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, American Civil Liberties Union, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Students, DeafInPrison.com, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, Juvenile Offenders in Adult Jails, Solitary Confinement

When we abandon our youth, they have no option but to abandon themselves. Lives are wasted, dreams cast away in trade for an existence of solitude, bitterness and victimization. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the man hanged by the Gestapo in 1943 for treason against the Nazi regime said, “The test of the morality of a society is

Kids Behind Bars – from Prisonmovement’s Weblog

Sep 8, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogsBaltimore, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Students, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile Justice System, Juvenile Offenders in Adult Jails, postaday, Prison officer, PrisonMovement's Weblog

This is a reblog from Prisonmovement’s Weblog. They did an excellent job in writing this piece. I should mention as well, that they’ve reformatted their site recently, and it looks awesome. As I’ve said before, I very much enjoy their work and consider it an honor to call myself a colleague. Before the other boys