Youth Corrections Officials Launch Campaign To Shut All Youth Prisons

The Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice (YCLJ) recently announced a new campaign that will seek to close the country’s remaining youth prisons. Additionally, the campaign will support the transition of the country’s approach to juvenile justice from being punishment-focused to becoming community-based.

According to statements from YCLJ leadership, these changes aim to redesign the juvenile justice system to become more equitable, rational, and efficient in addressing the needs of young people. The group’s goal is to see all of the nation’s juvenile prisons closed within a decade, as such would help to reverse the . . .