05.01.2019 Views

Debt Reduction & Debt Relief

Debt Reduction & Debt Relief

Debt Reduction & Debt Relief

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

1. The national average cost to taxpayers for minimum-security youth incarceration,<br />

is around $43,000.00 per child, per year.<br />

2. The average annual cost to taxpayers for maximum-security youth incarceration<br />

is well over $148,000.00 per child, per year.<br />

- (US News and World Report, December 9, 2014);<br />

3. In every jurisdiction in the nation, the Plea Bargain rate is above 99%.<br />

The Judicial system engages in a tri-partite balancing task in every single one of these<br />

matters, seeking to balance Rehabilitative Justice with Community Protection and<br />

Judicial Economy, and, although the practitioners work very hard to achieve positive<br />

outcomes, the scales are nowhere near balanced where people of color are involved.<br />

We must reverse this trend, which is right now working very much against the best<br />

interests of our young.<br />

Our young people do not belong behind bars.<br />

- Jack Johnson<br />

Page 11 of 147

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!