Raise The Age: the importance of keeping children out of adult jail On the heels of End Mass Incarceration (EMI) Week comes reenergized attention to the Raise the Age Movement in North Carolina. As explained in my…
Mass Incarceration of Juveniles: does putting children in jail solve anything? Does putting children in jail solve anything? During a single year, an estimated 2.1 million youth under the age of 18 are arrested in the…