After being released and struggling with anxiety and flashbacks, Kalief Browder took his own life in 2015. Solitary confinement can cause long-lasting psychological and emotional damage, especially on youth, and Kalief was no exception. #StopSolitaryForKids. #StopSolitary http://spke.co/2hr2Tug Kalief Browder had his education, his adolescence and his life taken

When Mesa city council recently approved a contract to privatize incarceration for low-level prisoners, what message are they conveying about their concern for the futures of youth and the reduction of mass incarceration? http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/mesa-will-vote-tonight-becoming-first-city-in-arizona-to-privatize-jail-operations-9345282 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2017-05-22/mesa-considering-privatizing-jail-for-low-level-offenders https://www.aclu.org/banking-bondage-private-prisons-and-mass-incarceration

http://famm.org/cynthia-powell/ Federal prosecutors have recently been ordered to seek lengthy mandatory minimum sentences in every case they can. Experience teaches that these laws hurt families by locking up moms and dads for too long, even when they pose no threat to public safety. Moms like Cynthia Powell, who sold 35 pain pills to an acquaintance for…

The development of a youth advisory committee comprised of youth of color who are aging out of the system and who were involved in the juvenile justice system, the foster care system or as cross-over youth involved in both systems is being explored. The idea would be to engage youth in a meaningful way as focus…