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Today, we're testifying against S.B. 187, a cruel and dangerous bill that would take Connecticut backward, undermine children’s wellbeing, and jeopardize public safety. #ctleg https://www.acluct.org/en/legislation/sb-187-act-concerning-transfer-child-charged-certain-offenses-criminal-docket-and …
This bill relies on a failed 1980s approach to justice. It would criminalize children who're in crisis, allow the state to imprison children as young as 14 in adult facilities, and tie judges' hands by requiring them to automatically transfer some children to adult court & jail.
A child who is experiencing a mental health crisis needs healthcare, not prison. A child who is unsafe at home needs safe, supportive shelter, not a correctional facility. Contrary to what this bill proposes, incarceration is not an appropriate response to a suffering child.
Children are not miniature adults. Their brains are still developing, and adult courts, adult prisons, and adult jails are not equipped to handle these needs.
Requiring a judge to send a child to adult court based purely on which crime they are accused of, not their case or situation as a whole, could incentivize over-charging by prosecutors and create a more unequal approach to justice.
This bill is also unnecessary. The number of youth arrests in Connecticut is down, not up. In FY2011, 8,523 youth entered CT’s justice system. By 2016, that number had dropped to 6,241.
Children’s mental health, safety, and wellbeing are serious problems in need of real solutions. This bill doesn’t present any. We encourage the legislature to stick with proven, evidence-based solutions, not punitive approaches that could perpetuate trauma and injustice.
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