The Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
The Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
The Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
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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 <strong>and</strong> World Report, December 9, 2014);<br />
3. In every jurisdiction in the nation, the Plea Bargaining rate is above 99%.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Judicial system engages in a tri-partite balancing task in every single one <strong>of</strong> these<br />
matters, seeking to balance Rehabilitative Justice with Community Protection <strong>and</strong><br />
Judicial Economy, <strong>and</strong>, although the practitioners work very hard to achieve positive<br />
outcomes, the scales are nowhere near balanced where people <strong>of</strong> color are involved.<br />
We must reverse this trend, which is right now working very much against the best<br />
interests <strong>of</strong> our young.<br />
Our young people do not belong behind bars.<br />
- Jack Johnson<br />
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