NJJN Final_Defund Police, Invest in Youth
As a network of organizations and individuals committed to anti-racism, the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) has long recognized that our systems of policing and justice are rooted in and have grown out of white supremacy. In the wake of recent incidents of police brutality and current uprisings, it is clear that calls for reform are not enough. NJJN stands with the call from our members for widescale defunding of police and reinvestment in communities of color. Now is the time to confront the racist roots of the youth justice system and push for a new vision of justice that supports Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities.
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NJJN As advocates steeped in the work, much of our time is focused on pushing back against policies and practices that harm youth. As we fight to end over policing, abuse in facilities, and close harmful prisons, it is...
NJJN is committed to doing the hard work of anti-racism in our youth justice movement building, because our reform work is insufficient if we do not confront the racism inherent in the system. During our recent Virtual Forum held...
Courtney M. McSwain and Alyson Clements The Nation Juvenile Justice Network’s campaign to increase the age a child can be detained, committed, or prosecuted, – more broadly characterized as minimum age laws – continues to yield critical wins. In...
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