Second Look Legislation for Juveniles

It's time to start fighting for our youth to get a 2nd chance at living... at life. Making youths stand trial as adults, do time with adults and serve adult sentences is just outright wrong. There is no excuse for a society that prides itself on education and family to have such disgusting morals...

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Seven prison guards suspended after allegations of inmate abuse | ajc.com

Seven prison guards suspended after allegations of inmate abuse ajc.com By Joel Anderson The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Georgia Department of Corrections announced Friday that it was suspending seven prison guards with pay pending an investigation into allegations of inmate abuse at the Macon State Prison. Read M...

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California Budget Cuts Offer Chance for Prison Reform

The following is a small part of what is written in this piece: By Matt Kelley January 24, 2011 09:35 AM (PT) Posted on http://www.change.org/ Click Here to Read More. California Budget Cuts Offer Chance for Prison Reform The painful budget cuts on the horizon in California could have an upside for criminal justice reformers. When new California Governor Jerry Brown announced $12.5 billion in proposed state funding cuts last week, he included a call to close the state's juvenile prison system by 2014. Community based alternatives to incarceration have been shown to reduce crime and long-term recidivism (in Missouri, for example), and Brown's proposal would move California in that direction. This is progressive leadership, and Brown deserves...

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