Native American Youth In The Juvenile Justice System
Native American Youth In The Juvenile Justice System
Native American Youth In The Juvenile Justice System
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<strong>The</strong> Navajo Nation "is really reluctant on sentencing youth to these facilities. It's used<br />
more as a last resort, so our population has been very, very low," says Corrections Lt.<br />
Robbin Preston.<br />
He says that doesn't reflect the number of troubled Navajo youth. But the Navajo and<br />
many other tribes have no rehabilitative services to offer them. So a <strong>Native</strong> youth<br />
arrested on the reservation faces a maze of legal jurisdictions.<br />
Addie Rolnick, a law professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, says there is no<br />
one juvenile justice system for these kids.<br />
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