ONE CHILD AT A TIME

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Sentencing Children to Die in Prison in Modern America

COMMENT & DISCUSS at http://www.drugjail.com/

***The following is from the Equal Justice Initiative website***
http://www.eji.org/childrenprison
Across the United States, thousands of children have been sentenced as adults and sent to adult prisons. Nearly 3000 nationwide have been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Children as young as 13 years old have been tried as adults and sentenced to die in prison, typically without any consideration of their age or circumstances of the offense--

The Faces of Juvenile Justice

Video created for the Michigan Council for Crime and Delinquency for the 2013 Michigan Juvenile Justice Summit hosted by the Michigan Juvenile Justice Collaborative.

Juvenile Justice 2013 (X Block)

In their Government class, students learned various aspects of the criminal justice system, with a focus on understanding how Court precedents influence the interpretation of the Constitution. They chose a specific research topic related to issues surrounding Mass Incarceration (the phenomenon where large segments of U.S. society - 2.4 million total - are currently behind bars), such as "Stop & Frisk" policies, Private Prisons, Incarcerated Women, the War on Drugs, Juvenile Justice, and Immigration Detention. After creating individual fliers on their topic, students were grouped together, and given the task of creating a 4-5 minute film.

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Beyond Scared Straight: Teens React to the Jail Tour

In this scene from the episode St. Clair County, IL, teens react to the jail tour and talk about what they learned from the experience.

Beyond Scared Straight: A Teen Relates to an Inmate

In this scene from the episode St. Clair County, IL, a teenage girl whose mother was incarcerated relates to an inmate who has a daughter. The inmate urges the teen to forgive her mother.

Pennsylvania Judge Bribed to Send Juveniles To Prison

A Pennsylvania judge has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for sentencing juveniles to time in prison in exchange for bribes from a private prison developer totaling over one million dollars. The for profit prison system is looked at in this conspiracy news clip from Buzzsaw with Tyrel Ventura and Tabetha Wallace.