Today, I joined 31 other prosecutors and 44 correctional leaders in calling for the closure of youth prisons. As we explain in our letter, conditions in youth prisons were inhumane before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now they are horrific.https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/news-2/prosecutors-corrections-close-all-youth-prisons/45685 …
Before you shut them down and release dangerous youth to the public, what plans do you have to rehabilitate them or create a system that dis-incentivizes criminal behavior. Shutting things down is not the answer for promoting public safety which is your job.