A Michigan Task Force Proposes Making It Harder To Imprison Kids for Petty Crimes
While the task force is a move in the right direction, truancy shouldn't be up for criminal prosecution in the first place.
28 July 2022
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While the task force is a move in the right direction, truancy shouldn't be up for criminal prosecution in the first place.
28 July 2022
In June 2020, a 15-year-old Michigan girl was incarcerated for violating her probation. The crime: not doing her schoolwork during the COVID-19 pandemic. She had been placed on probation in April 2020 for fighting with her mother and petty theft. The girl, Grace (her middle name), was the subject of a ProPublica investigation highlighting the arbitrary cruelty of the Michigan juvenile justice system, which regularly imprisons children for petty offenses. Last Monday, the Michigan Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform approved measures to reform the state's juvenile justice system. The proposed changes are designed to prevent teenagers from becoming unnecessarily ...
A Michigan Task Force Proposes Making It Harder To Imprison Kids for Petty Crimes
After a 2020 investigation drew outrage, a Michigan Task force proposes changes to make it harder to imprison children for petty crimes.
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