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The Juvenile Injustice System
July 27, 2005
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There's old saying that goes: "Children are the Future." If that's true, then a startling portion of our future is locked up in prisons. In the United States and around the world, a growing number of groups are fighting to redirect public resources away from punishment and toward opportunity for young people.
On this edition, we'll hear about the scandal-ridden California Youth Authority, abuses inside one of Brazil's juvenile detention centers, as well as alternative approaches to helping troubled kids.
This week's host: Justin Beck. Contributing producers: Tim Kingston, Alex Goldmark.
A free listener packet on youth and prisons is available - please call 1-800-529-5736.
Featuring:
Connie Brewer, mother of Dyron Brewer, who died in the custody of California Youth Authority; Sarah Ludaman, California Youth Authority spokeswoman; Belinda Griswold, Books Not Bars; Barbara Jackson, grandmother of a California Youth Authority prisoner; Marcelo, prisoner at the Padre Severino Youth Detention Center; Dona Rafaela, mother of prisoner at the Padre Severino Youth Detention Center; Dr. Simone Moreira de Souza, public defender; Fernando Campos Soares, former prison guard in Rio De Janiero; Arnaldo, former prisoner.
For more information:
Books not Bars
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
344 40th Street
Oakland, CA 94609
510.428.3939
www.ellabakercenter.org
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:
Division of Juvenile Justice
www.cya.ca.gov/default2.html
Little Hoover Commission
925 L Street, Suite 805
Sacramento, CA 95814
little.hoover@lhc.ca.gov
www.lhc.ca.gov/lhc.html
Prison Activist Resource Center
PO Box 339
Berkeley CA 94701
510-893-4648
www.prisonactivist.org/youth/
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)
1970 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, CA 94612
510-208-0500
www.nccd-crc.org
Commonweal Institute
650-854-9796; info@commonwealinstitute.org
www.commonwealinstitute.org
The Center for Young Women's Development
1550 Bryant Street, Suite #700
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-703-8800
www.cywd.org