How can we keep kids out of the Juvenile Justice System?
Jeanne Brown | Published on 8/1/2023
This month our speaker will be Bill Payne from Second Chance to speak to us about how that organization is working to keep kids from getting into the criminal justice system. As attention has been focused on our high rate of imprisoning people in California and throughout the U.S., more attention is now looking at the root causes of how the cycle begins and what are the best ways to interrupt that cycle. Second Chance has historically been working with those who reenter society after being imprisoned but they are now helping young people make the right decisions in order to have more productive lives by staying out of the criminal justice system.
The rest of the meeting will be focused on the October 4 Juvenile Justice meeting at Tom Ham’s and suggestions for future speakers and actions, such as registering voters in jail.
Everyone is welcome to attend.