An inexcusable and costly failure to fund juvenile review boards

"This is a “put up or shut up” moment for this state. If we really care about youth, youth of color, youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, then resources needed to keep those young people out of the system must be provided – both now and in the future." - Leon Smith, Director of the Center’s Racial Justice Project.

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An inexcusable and costly failure to fund juvenile review boards

For years, legislators sang the praises of juvenile review boards, because community-based JRBs helped kids succeed more frequently– and more cheaply – than the juvenile justice system. But when the General Assembly moved juvenile justice from one state agency to another, it neglected to move th...