Group Offers New Beginnings for Incarcerated Youth
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Group Offers New Beginnings for Incarcerated Youth
New America Media, Jen Cooper, Posted: Dec 15, 2009
Editor's Note: At a time when the juvenile justice system is being re-examined across the country, and several states are lacking in mentoring programs for incarcerated youth, two women who met in law school in Washington, D.C. are pairing juvenile offenders with adults in the city to do just this.
The cafeteria at the youth detention center is empty by 7 p.m. except for three teenage residents, who are waiting for their mentors to arrive. When they do, the mentors come bearing three boxes of Domino’s pizza, two-liter bottles of soda and clear trash bags filled with board games and cards.
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New America Media, Jen Cooper, Posted: Dec 15, 2009
Editor's Note: At a time when the juvenile justice system is being re-examined across the country, and several states are lacking in mentoring programs for incarcerated youth, two women who met in law school in Washington, D.C. are pairing juvenile offenders with adults in the city to do just this.
The cafeteria at the youth detention center is empty by 7 p.m. except for three teenage residents, who are waiting for their mentors to arrive. When they do, the mentors come bearing three boxes of Domino’s pizza, two-liter bottles of soda and clear trash bags filled with board games and cards.
READ THE REST AT
www.NewAmericaMedia.org
www.YouthOutlook.org
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