Locking Up Our Children

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12.18.08
A Looming Crisis
Today the ACLU released A Looming Crisis: The Secure Detention of Youth After Arrest and Before Arraignment in Facilities Administered by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. You can learn more by checking out the:

• News Release
  Report reveals unwarranted detention of Massachusetts youth (PDF)
  
  
• Report
  A Looming Crisis (PDF)
  
  
• Associated Press story
  ACLU: Massachusetts juvenile detention centers "haphazard"
  

6.1.08
Justice By The Numbers
Boston Globe editorial highlighting the ACLU's "Locking Up Our Children" report, and suggesting solutions.

5.23.08
Youth Lockup Doesn't Work and Isn't Fair
Worcester Telegram columnist Clive McFarlane highlights "Locking Up Our Children" in this column.

5.12.08
ACLU Report Exposes Unjust Detention Of Youth
Pretrial Juvenile Lockup In Massachusetts Disproportionately Impacts Youth Of Color
News Release

Informe de la ACLU revela detención injusta de jóvenes (Spanish)

Children go to jail, for lack of options
Boston Globe op-ed, by Robin Dahlberg and Amy Reichbach, authors of "Locking Up Our Children." Dalhberg is a Senior Staff Attorney with the national ACLU Racial Justice Project. Amy Reichbach is Racial Justice Advocate with the ACLU of Massachusetts.