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"Just because vulnerable young people are not being held in a detention center is no guarantee that they are receiving appropriate care."
@itscarolinecole @ParisHilton @aosimmons_law @OneLawma
#breakingcodesilence
#troubledteenindustry
#trappedintreatment
themarshallproject.org/2022/08/13/con…
@itscarolinecole @ParisHilton @aosimmons_law @OneLawma
#breakingcodesilence
#troubledteenindustry
#trappedintreatment
themarshallproject.org/2022/08/13/con…
@freep found that “a young patient was bitten, choked and taunted to kill herself," at a now-closed Detroit #troubledteenindustry facility that housed youth “who might otherwise end up in juvenile detention.”
We might not call it #incarceration but the #tti *IS* carceral.
We might not call it #incarceration but the #tti *IS* carceral.
In the #juvenilejustice system, things aren't any better. Youth in #Texas spend all but 30 minutes in #isolation and have resorted to using water bottles as toilets because there aren't enough staff to take them out of their cells. Texas' #childwelfare system is in shambles, too
Over 400 juvenile lifers in Maryland will die in prison because this one of the sad, shameful states that still hasn't abolished life without parole, though it's unconstitutional.
Here is a thread on how you can help. And yes, this can help #FreeAdnan
#JuvenileJustice
Here is a thread on how you can help. And yes, this can help #FreeAdnan
#JuvenileJustice
The Juvenile Restoration Act will be heard in committee next Thursday and if passed it will finally abolish life without parole for juveniles. FYI, it's no coincidence the vast majority of juvenile lifers in MD are Black. 82%
All you have to do is some copy and pasting, will take two minutes. Send one single email to the Judiciary Proceedings Committee:
will.smith@senate.state.md.us
jeff.waldstreicher@senate.state.md.us
jill.carter@senate.state.md.us
bob.cassilly@senate.state.md.us
will.smith@senate.state.md.us
jeff.waldstreicher@senate.state.md.us
jill.carter@senate.state.md.us
bob.cassilly@senate.state.md.us
