The 508(c)(1)(a) Initiative Workshop
The 508(c)(1)(a) Initiative Workshop
The 508(c)(1)(a) Initiative Workshop
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per year) in each jurisdiction we serve) at an average cost of under $2,500 per client,<br />
per year. *<br />
Thank you in advance for your support!<br />
* FYI:<br />
1. <strong>The</strong> national average cost to taxpayers for minimum-security youth incarceration,<br />
is around $43,000.00 per child, per year.<br />
2. <strong>The</strong> 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 />
<strong>The</strong> 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 />
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